This summer, Jackson grad student Prajval Jhunjhunwala worked as the conservation finance lead at C Minds`s (@cminds_co) initiative NaturaTech LAC (@naturatechlac), where he worked to build innovative financing models for tech-enabled wildlife and nature conservation, specifically targeting the jaguar and whale bio-corridor regions across Latin America and the Carribean. Based in Merida, Mexico, he visited the forested regions of Rio Lagartos and Área Natural Protegida Reserva Estatal Dzilam. Prajval also attended the Natural Capital Symposium at Stanford University, assisted with the launch of the NaturaTech LAC initiative at the Inter-American Development Bank headquarters in Washington, and traveled to Placencia, Belize, to observe a vertically-integrated regenerative farm aiming to integrate natural conservation with traditional economic activities. The work also gave Prajval the unique opportunity to work directly with indigenous leaders and peoples who are at the frontline of environmental stewardship in Mexico, Ecuador, and Colombia.
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