{"id":144206,"date":"2022-03-28T14:24:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T08:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=144206"},"modified":"2022-04-06T16:22:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T10:52:23","slug":"worlds-first-wildlife-bond-issued-to-conserve-of-south-africas-black-rhinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=144206","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s First Wildlife Bond Issued To Conserve South Africa\u2019s Black Rhinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"2a6a8c3593e6620bd92d71f585bdd19b\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6453632170035383\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NEW RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6453632170035383\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2960496911\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The world\u2019s first wildlife bond has been issued by the planet bank, raising USD 150 million that may partly be used for the conservation of South Africa\u2019s black rhinos<\/p>\n<p>The Wildlife Conservation Bond is the world\u2019s first-of-its-kind financial instrument that&#8217;s outcome-based and can be channelling investments to conserve black rhino populations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bsmedia.business-standard.com\/_media\/bs\/img\/article\/2022-03\/24\/full\/1648105756-1735.jpg?im=Resize,width=1200\" alt=\"First wildlife bond issued by World Bank to save Africa's black rhino | Business Standard News\" \/><\/p>\n<p>International Bank for Reconstruction and Development of the globe Bank has announced that the returns paid by the five-year bond are determined by the speed of growth of animals in two reserves of the Republic of South Africa, the nice Fish River Nature Reserve and also the Addo Elephant parkland.<\/p>\n<p>If this program becomes successful it may well be expanded for the protection of black rhinos in Kenya together with other wildlife species like tigers, lions, orangutans, gorillas and more species.<\/p>\n<p>Similar bonds have earlier been issued to finance various outcomes from marine projects in Seychelles to the education of ladies in rural India.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.moneycontrol.com\/static-mcnews\/2017\/07\/rhinocerous-in-kaziranga-in-flooded-northeast-Assam.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=770&amp;height=431\" alt=\"Rhino bond sold by World Bank in first issuance of its kind\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Globally, there are five species of rhino. Most of the rhinoceros are concentrated in the African nations with most of them being white rhinos. the quantity of Black rhinos has dropped significantly from 65000 in 1970 to around 2600. These species are found in three other countries of Africa. They weigh the maximum amount of 1.4 tons and are much smaller as compared to the white rhinos.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800\/The-World-Bank-today-priced-the-Wildlife-Conservation-Bond-WCB-also-known-as-the-Rhino-Bond-in-support-of-South-Africa-s-efforts-to-conserve-endangered-species-Photographer-Armand-Hough?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/8d708087-090d-520d-b8e3-8f60a731c536&amp;operation=CROP&amp;offset=0x138&amp;resize=2008x1128\" alt=\"New Wildlife Conservation Bond is the world's first financial instrument dedicated to protecting a species\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The issuer, rather than paying a coupon, are making contributions towards the conservation of the animals. The buyers are receiving a payment from the world Environment Facility which can be supported targets that are pre-set for the expansion of the animals\u2019 population.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bond has been structured by Credit Suisse Group AG and it also acted as a joint book-runner together with Citigroup Inc. As far as the selling price is concerned, this bond was sold for 94.8% of its nominal aggregate amount, with a USD 13.8 million maximum success payout. The program\u2019s success, moreover as its payments, are going to be determined by Conservation Alpha. Zoological Society of London is that the verification agent<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s first wildlife bond has been issued by the planet bank, raising USD 150 million that may partly be used for the conservation of South Africa\u2019s black rhinos The Wildlife Conservation Bond is the world\u2019s first-of-its-kind financial instrument that&#8217;s outcome-based and can be channelling investments to conserve black rhino populations. International Bank for Reconstruction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":144227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[{"category_id":36,"category_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?cat=36","category_name":"Article"},{"category_id":1265,"category_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?cat=1265","category_name":"International"},{"category_id":137,"category_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?cat=137","category_name":"News"}],"tags":[{"tag_id":4087,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=africa","tag_name":"africa"},{"tag_id":4086,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=black-rhinos","tag_name":"black rhinos"},{"tag_id":3387,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=bonds","tag_name":"bonds"},{"tag_id":2563,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=world-bank","tag_name":"world bank"}],"class_list":["post-144206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-international","category-news","tag-africa","tag-black-rhinos","tag-bonds","tag-world-bank"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World\u2019s First Wildlife Bond Issued To Conserve South Africa\u2019s Black Rhinos - Alive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=144206\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World\u2019s First Wildlife Bond Issued To Conserve South Africa\u2019s Black Rhinos - Alive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The world\u2019s first wildlife bond has been issued by the planet bank, raising USD 150 million that may partly be used for the conservation of South Africa\u2019s black rhinos The Wildlife Conservation Bond is the world\u2019s first-of-its-kind financial instrument that&#8217;s outcome-based and can be channelling investments to conserve black rhino populations. 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