Ms Candice STEVENS

Head: Innovative Finance and Policy, Wilderness Foundation Africa | Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition

Candice Stevens is a green finance innovator and landscape finance and tax expert who works at creating innovative finance solutions for sustainable landscapes. Candice introduced the first effective biodiversity tax incentive into the South African protected areas network and received the UN Pathfinder Award Special Commendation for this global innovation. She heads up Innovative Finance & Policy at WFA and is Chair of the Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition where she works with multiple stakeholders and industry leaders across sectors to plug South Africa’s environmental finance gap. She sits on a number of national and international committees regarding financing and resourcing as well as area-based conservation. Candice has a background in both law and commerce with experience in innovative finance, protected and conserved area policy and expansion, environmental law, and policy-making on financial incentives and is regarded as a global expert in her field.