Climate Positive

Zach Knight | Financial innovation for forest restoration

Episode Summary

Blue Forest Co-Founder and CEO Zach Knight joined us to talk about the Forest Resilience Bond – an innovative public-private partnership focused on deploying private capital to fund proactive forest management practices that reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and generate other ecosystem services and community benefits. We also spoke with Zach about his transition from Wall Street to conservation finance, the role of policy in scaling solutions, and the long-term perspective children can open our eyes to.

Episode Notes

Blue Forest Co-Founder and CEO Zach Knight joined us to talk about the Forest Resilience Bond – an innovative public-private partnership focused on deploying private capital to fund proactive forest management practices that reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and generate other ecosystem services and community benefits. We also spoke with Zach about his transition from Wall Street to conservation finance, the role of policy in scaling solutions, and the long-term perspective children can open our eyes to.

Links:

Official Bio
www.blueforest.org/meet-the-team

The Forest Resilience Bond
www.blueforest.org/forest-resilience-bond

The Yuba Project
www.blueforest.org/the-yuba-project

Episode recorded April 13, 2021.