Past 2009 Carbon Finance Events

This presentation will provide a primer on forest and land investing.

Deborah has worked in the financial industry for more than 15 years serving in senior executive positions in the US and overseas. She was co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Chaplin Global, LLC, an asset management firm in New York specializing in alternative investments. She has spoken at numerous conferences across the globe on the opportunities and risks in valuing investments in inefficient and emerging markets and economies.

She has been active in conservation and has served on several boards, including the National Wildlife Federation, where she serves as endowment trustee and chair of the retirement income plan, the Guilford Land Conservation Trust, and the International Center in New York, where she served as Secretary and Treasurer. Deborah also has an ongoing role at Yale University in strategic planning and special projects at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Deborah holds an undergraduate degree from Tufts University, a Master's degree from Harvard University, an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master of Forestry from Yale University. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Working Lands Investment Partners specializes in the investment and long term stewardship of sustainably managed working lands.

Recommended Readings

• Trees in the Greenhouse: Why Climate Change is Transforming the Forest Products Business - by the World Resources Institute
• Conservation Capital in the Americas: Conference and Student Competition - Conservation Finance Forum

Course Recommendations - recommended fall coursework for Yale students interested in this field

• Financial Analysis for Land Management
• Management Plans for Protected Areas
• Local Environmental Law and Land Use Practice
• Private Investment and the Environment
• International Environmental Policy and Governance
• Natural Resources Law
• Property, Social Justice and the Environment
• Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services
• Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Developing Countries

Event Documents

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This event is organized in collaboration with the Connecticut chapters of the Trust for Public Land and The Nature Conservancy. CEU Credits will be granted by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (Division of Forestry)- click here for a Certificate of Attendance form.

Funding for the Carbon Finance Speaker Series was made possible by a generous grant from the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation and the Henry P. Kendall Foundation.