Conservation finance for bushfire risk reduction: An introduction to Blue Forest

20 Aug 2026
Community Risk Reduction

Join Blue Forest to discover how conservation finance can create new partnerships and unlock funding to reduce bushfire risk. Blue Forest, a California, USA-based nonprofit, collaborates with mission-aligned partners to develop novel financing and funding models for landscape-scale resilience. This session will introduce our vision, mission, and the Forest Resilience Bond, which has leveraged over USD 20M in private capital to reduce wildfire risk in the Western United States.

 

Speakers
Phil Saksa
Phil Saksa, Co-Founder & Chief Program Officer - Blue Forest
Morrison Mast
Morrison Mast, Director, Conservation Innovation - Blue Forest