The Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FMCN) is an environmental fund with a mission to provide strategic technical and financial support to conserve Mexico’s natural heritage. Established in 1994, FMCN has 27 years of experience financing conservation projects in Mexico through catalyzing resource mobilization, building partnerships to engage various actors and sectors, and searching for innovative conservation mechanisms. The organization has focused on biodiversity conservation, marine and protected coastal areas, sustainable forest management, watershed conservation, local community development, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
FMCN has developed strategies to enable the long-term impact and financial sustainability of projects, meeting international standards for environmental and social standards (ESS) and enhancing the broader participation of stakeholders at the local and regional level.
FMCN is also an active member of the Network of Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Funds (RedLAC), a community of 26 environmental funds from 19 different countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. RedLAC promotes capacity-building and knowledge management initiatives that favor biodiversity conservation and sustainable development and produce measurable impacts at local, regional, and global levels in the LAC region.
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a thematic priority of FMCN's Research and Development Department, which could share its knowledge and experience with Initiative 20x20, particularly on:
- Designing, financing, and managing a nature conservation porfolio. FMCN has also worked with more than 300 civil society organizations in Mexico to establish a platform for natural resource conservation initiatives.
- Influencing public policy and practices through cutting-edge science-based initiatives.
- Bringing national and international partnerships in research and development projects.
- Designing community-based and national in-country monitoring systems.
- Innovative financing mechanisms, such as public-private endowment funds and voluntary carbon market.
- Integrated landscape management, land-use systems, value chains, socioeconomic approaches, and sustainable livelihoods.
Country
Mexico
The Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FMCN) is an environmental fund with a mission to provide strategic technical and financial support to conserve Mexico’s natural heritage. Established in 1994, FMCN has 27 years of experience financing conservation projects in Mexico through catalyzing resource mobilization, building partnerships to engage various actors and sectors, and searching for innovative conservation mechanisms. The organization has focused on biodiversity conservation, marine and protected coastal areas, sustainable forest management, watershed conservation, local community development, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
FMCN has developed strategies to enable the long-term impact and financial sustainability of projects, meeting international standards for environmental and social standards (ESS) and enhancing the broader participation of stakeholders at the local and regional level.
FMCN is also an active member of the Network of Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Funds (RedLAC), a community of 26 environmental funds from 19 different countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. RedLAC promotes capacity-building and knowledge management initiatives that favor biodiversity conservation and sustainable development and produce measurable impacts at local, regional, and global levels in the LAC region.
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a thematic priority of FMCN's Research and Development Department, which could share its knowledge and experience with Initiative 20x20, particularly on:
- Designing, financing, and managing a nature conservation porfolio. FMCN has also worked with more than 300 civil society organizations in Mexico to establish a platform for natural resource conservation initiatives.
- Influencing public policy and practices through cutting-edge science-based initiatives.
- Bringing national and international partnerships in research and development projects.
- Designing community-based and national in-country monitoring systems.
- Innovative financing mechanisms, such as public-private endowment funds and voluntary carbon market.
- Integrated landscape management, land-use systems, value chains, socioeconomic approaches, and sustainable livelihoods.
Country
Mexico
