A World Bank/GEF-financed shade-coffee agroforestry programme brought over 4,400 hectares of Burundi's erosion-prone hillsides under sustainable land and water management, reaching 18,700+ …
Bururi, Burundi
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 46%47/100
Between 2006 and 2019, Dutch authorities completed 34 flood-conveyance projects (€2.3bn) along the IJssel, Waal, Nederrijn and Lek — lowering dikes, widening …
The Hague, Netherlands
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 46%47/100
Since 2002 the Micronesia Conservation Trust has mobilised USD 100 million, including a USD 50 million endowment, funding 150+ protected areas across …
Kolonia (Pohnpei), Micronesia
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 46%47/100
A US$3.5m GEF project (2012–2018) trained over 5,000 people in integrated fire management across four Western Cape communities in South Africa's fire-dependent …
Sir Lowry's Pass Village, South Africa
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 46%47/100
Bengaluru's state development authority built a ~4.6-hectare constructed wetland to treat 10 million litres/day of sewage before it reaches Jakkur Lake, cutting …
Bengaluru, India
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 46%47/100
In February 2026 Portugal launched a €30M/year national payment scheme — €120/ha for baldio (commons) fuel management plus per-head grazing subsidies (€150/suckler …
Lisbon, Portugal
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
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Hamburg's 2014 Grundachstrategie pairs installation grants (EUR3.5m through 2024) with a confirmed 50% rainwater-fee rebate for green roofs. HCU monitoring found 64-79% …
Hamburg, Germany
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
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Facing rising nitrogen from pastoral farms, Waikato Regional Council capped and allocated tradeable nitrogen-discharge allowances across Lake Taupō's catchment, backed by an …
Taupō, New Zealand
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
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Gambia's wildlife department and three NGOs restore Gambia River mangroves under a VCS-certified REDD+ project financed by a carbon purchase deal with …
Kiang Keneba, Gambia
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 46%47/100
Brazil's 2021 federal PES law underpins Floresta+ Amazônia, a $96m Green Climate Fund scheme paying family farmers R$1,500-28,000 each to conserve forest; …
Since 1964, KKL-JNF's ~3,000-hectare pine plantation in Israel's northern Negev has become one of the world's longest-running semi-arid forest carbon-flux studies, but …
Independently audited by SGS, Sanpellegrino's Ruspino bottling plant achieved AWS Core Certification in 2020 for its stewardship of the San Pellegrino, Limpia …
Brazil's pioneering Water Producer scheme, piloted 2008–2015 in São Paulo's Cantareira system, signed 41 PES contracts covering 342 hectares of forest restoration …
Nazaré Paulista, Brazil
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
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Since 2022, Nhaumue and Mangunde communities in Chibabava District have restored native Miombo woodland under Kukumuty, the first project certified under Plan …