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As we reflect on over a decade of impact of RESOLVE's Quick Response Fund for Nature (QRFN), we're proud to share the story of our partnership with Wildlife and Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka's Preserving Land and Nature Trust (PLANT). 🌱 QRFN was one of the earliest supporters of PLANT, providing three grants over the past five years to help protect critical habitat for rare and threatened species. Our first grant secured a 17-hectare forest with exceptional biodiversty value, protecting more than 140 species, including 45 threatened species. While the conservation value of the site itself was significant, the broader impact was even greater: it helped validate PLANT's vision of pioneering private conservation and creating forest corridors to reconnect fragmented habitats across Sri Lanka. ⚡ That early support proved catalytic. Today, PLANT works across 35 locations, collaborates with more than 40 partners, protects habitat for over 1,300 species—including more than 130 Critically Endangered and Endangered species—and has established over 50 kilometers of forest corridors linking ecologically sensitive areas. Their work is helping conserve species including the Serendib Scops Owl, Sri Lankan Leopard, Indian Pangolin, and Sri Lankan Elephant. As Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne, Chairman of PLANT, reflects: “When almost no one had faith in our vision, it was QRFN who demonstrated confidence in us by funding our very first land purchase, which proved catalytic... It became a trigger point for other donors and partners to feel confident about the project and our ambitions... Their trust has helped transform a national agenda.” 🌳 This is exactly what QRFN aims to do: identify high-impact conservation opportunities, move quickly when timing matters, and provide catalytic funding that empowers local conservation leaders to achieve far greater outcomes than any single grant could accomplish alone. Learn more about QRFN and our mission to protect the last homes of rare and endangered species: www.quickresponsefund.org #QRFN #ConservationFinance #CatalyticCapital #Biodiversity #SriLanka #ProtectedAreas #NatureConservation #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeConservation #RESOLVE #ConservationLeadership #WNPSPLANT Sanjiv Fernando Carly Vynne, PhD STEPHEN DESPOSITO

Curious about The Resource Exchange | Global? Come get to know us at our Membership Open House! Meet our team, learn more about our global network hosted by RESOLVE and explore how you or your organization can get involved as a member or partner. Already a TRE member? Please share this invitation with your networks and anyone you think would be a great fit for our community. 📅 Thursday, July 30 ⏰ 9:30–11:00 a.m. ET 💻 Online | Session in English 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gBQyYdzE #TheResourceExchange #InclusiveGovernance #NaturalResourceDevelopment Carolyn Burns Natasha Ketter Laura Eshbach Steven Sannoh RESOLVE Landesa

As we look back on over a decade of impact for RESOLVE’s Quick Response Fund for Nature (QRFN), we are proud to highlight our partnership with Fundación ProAves in Colombia. 🤝🌳Over the years, QRFN has helped ProAves create and expand three critical reserves — El Paujil, Las Tangaras, and El Dorado — providing timely, catalytic funding for urgent conservation opportunities.   🦜🐒 Amid threats of deforestation and habitat fragmentation, QRFN grants have helped safeguard unique ecosystems, strengthen ecological connectivity, and protect vital habitat for some of Colombia’s most threatened wildlife, including the Blue-billed Curassow (Critically Endangered), Variegated Spider Monkey (Critically Endangered), and endemic birds including the Gold-ringed Tanager (Vulnerable) and Black-and-gold Tanager.   ⚡This video shares a glimpse of what can be achieved when rapid action meets local leadership.   🌄 RESOLVE manages QRFN, a rapid response fund that empowers local conservation organizations to protect the last homes for rare and endangered species. Visit www.quickresponsefund.org to learn more.   #QuickResponseFundforNature #QRFN #Conservation #Colombia #ProtectedAreas #Biodiversity #EndangeredSpecies #ProAves #NatureConservation Sanjiv Fernando Carly Vynne, PhD STEPHEN DESPOSITO

🎉 Congratulations to RESOLVErs Mason Hines and Hannah Alday on receiving industry recognition for their contributions to standards development. Mason was recognized with the ANSI - American National Standards Institute Next Generation Award, while Hannah received the 2026 Society for Standards Professionals (SES-Standards) Emerging Professional Award. These well-deserved recognitions reflect their leadership, dedication, and commitment to building collaborative, consensus-based solutions through their work at RESOLVE and with PR3 | the Global Alliance to Advance Reuse. Their achievements come at an exciting time for PR3, following the launch of the world's first global symbol for reuse, a milestone made possible through the collective efforts of industry leaders, technical experts, practitioners, and advocates working to advance a more circular economy. Please join us in congratulating Mason and Hannah on these outstanding accomplishments 🏆 . Read the full story on our website: https://lnkd.in/gYwxAwu7 #RESOLVE #StandardsDevelopment #Leadership #PR3 #Reuse #CircularEconomy #Sustainability

The minerals we need may already be sitting in yesterday's waste piles. Last month in Lima, Peru, Amber Johnston-Billings, RESOLVE's Head of Energy Transition, joined global mining leaders at the World Mining Congress (WMC) 2026 to make the case for rethinking mine waste. Speaking on the panel "Can We Unlock More Value from Waste?", Amber argued that legacy waste is an asset, that policy needs to catch up, and that 500,000+ abandoned mines represent both a hazard and an opportunity we can no longer ignore. This work sits at the core of Mission Critical and Regeneration, RESOLVE's efforts to transform how the mining sector engages with nature, communities, and the minerals that power the energy transition. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/g78gS_5Z Thanks to fellow panelists David Dreisinger, Ranulfo (Randy) Allen, PhD and moderator Peter Harvey for a sharp and timely conversation. And to the incredible RESOLVE and Regeneration team: STEPHEN DESPOSITO, Olenka Forde, PhD , Carly Vynne, PhD, Gillian D., Michael McPhie, Katie Shaw, and Doris Hiam-Galvez, PhD, FCAE (in the picture) for their continued leadership and partnership. #CriticalMinerals #MineWaste #ResponsibleMining #EnergyTransition #WorldMiningCongress #MissionCritical #Regeneration #MiningForTheFuture #Biodiversity #IndigenousRights

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We Need Lithium and Conservation At RESOLVE, we believe working collaboratively to find solutions is what makes durable conservation outcomes possible, especially where critical minerals development and nature intersect. RESOLVE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with HiTech Minerals Inc. (a 100%-owned U.S. subsidiary of Jindalee Lithium Limited) to explore the creation of a voluntary Stewardship Area in the Oregon-Nevada McDermitt Caldera region. As an independent, nonpartisan organization, we will convene stakeholders and rightsholders to identify the landscapes that warrant protection, restoration, or other stewardship measures, and HiTech, subject to their project moving forward, will look to invest in creating the Stewardship Area.  The work is just beginning. Any future Stewardship Area will be shaped through engagement with Tribal Nations and other stakeholders, and subject to the success of the ongoing permitting. The Stewardship Area is voluntary and builds on HiTech's existing environmental and regulatory commitments. #CriticalMinerals #Conservation #Stewardship #Lithium #ResponsibleMining #NaturePositive STEPHEN DESPOSITO Carly Vynne, PhD Amber Johnston-Billings Steve Feldgus