Billionaires and philanthropists are getting behind massive conservation pledges, but are they working? If you are a journalist curious to learn how to track the effectiveness of conservation philanthropy, get ready to kick off the 2024 season of Mongabay’s Webinar series with an overview on these questions and more.

This installment of Mongabay’s free webinar series for journalists hosts experts who will share their insight for your reporting on investigating philanthropic conservation efforts. 

Join us on Thursday, February 8th at 8pm UTC. Register here.

Event details

When: February 8th, 2024 at 8 pm UTC

Where: Live on Mongabay’s YouTube Channel and LinkedIn.

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The experts

Holly Jonas

Holly Jonas is an international lawyer with more than 15 years of experience with local and international non-profit organizations. She is currently the Global Coordinator of the ICCA Consortium, a membership-based association that serves the global movement for territories of life.

Michael Kavate

Michael Kavate has been a staff writer at Inside Philanthropy since 2020. He covers climate grantmaking and billionaire philanthropy, focusing on American foundations and donors. He earlier spent seven years at Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, where he co-wrote multiple reports and sign-on letters and was part of the founding team of the UndocuFund. He is based in Barcelona, Spain.

About Mongabay

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