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-202 practices not yet assessed for evidence strength.
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Since 2006 Beijing has paid farmers upstream in Hebei's Chengde and Zhangjiakou 450-550 yuan/mu/year to convert 103,000 mu of rice paddies to …
A 2012 PNAS study found Alberta oil-sands mining will destroy 29,555 ha of peatland, releasing up to 47.3 million tonnes of carbon. …
Suriname (~93% forest cover) runs a national jurisdictional REDD+ programme (NIMOS/SBB) that generated ~10M tCO2e in UNFCCC-validated results, 2018-2020. A GCF results-based …
Iceland's 'Bændur græða landið' scheme pays farmers fertiliser, seed and cash to revegetate eroded land, run by the state Soil Conservation Service …
Slovenia's KOPOP scheme pays farmers under its 2023-2027 CAP Plan for water, soil and climate practices — EUR 519.6M budgeted, EUR 39M …
A rare independent, peer-reviewed evaluation found Ambatovy's nickel mine near Moramanga is on track to offset the 2,064 ha of rainforest it …
Since 1992 Munich's public utility SWM has paid farmers in the Mangfall Valley catchment to convert to organic farming under 18-year contracts, …
Japan's Ministry of the Environment declared the small Indian mongoose eradicated from Amami Oshima in 2024 after a 25-year, ¥3.57bn campaign; a …
Since 2003, Fundación Natura Bolivia's reciprocal water agreements have paid upstream farmers in-kind (beehives, seedlings, training) to protect cloud forest; by 2023 …
Three helicopter-baiting phases (2011-2015) cleared invasive rats and mice from 108,723 ha of sub-Antarctic South Georgia, the world's largest rodent eradication. Declared …
Sweden's government-funded wetland rewetting budget line restored 2,100 ha of drained land in 2023 alone (1,500 ha peatland, 588 projects), cutting an …
Mexico's first metropolitan water fund — corporate contributions from ARCA Continental, Heineken and CEMEX secure 2,796 ha under PES and ~9,000 ha …
Corporate PES in East Java where PT Tirta Investama (Danone-AQUA Keboncandi) pays 174 upstream farmers USD 100–215/ha/yr across 106.6 ha to maintain …
India's mandatory developer-pays compensatory afforestation scheme (CAF Act 2016); planted 178,261 ha (85% of target) against Rs 38,516 crore (~US$4.6 bn) of …
Lombardy Region (IT) granted €3.5M; 100+ corporate co-funders added €1.5M. Twelve projects: 66,000+ trees, 300+ ha forest improved, 4,635 ha FSC-certified, 1,463 …
Morocco CMD (est. 1999, op. 2002) pays rural pastoral associations via the National Forest Fund to defer grazing from state forests under …
Civil-society-led water fund (27 partners) paying landowners in the Yaque del Norte basin to conserve and restore watershed forests; backed by Ley …
Trees of Hope paid 2,000+ smallholder farmers in Malawi's Dowa and Neno districts to plant mango, citrus, and hardwood trees under Plan …
Swedish Forest Agency pays private owners for 50-year agreements (Naturvårdsavtal) protecting old-growth forest. End 2025: 35,500 ha NCA, 76,600 ha NCA+BPA; SEK …
A 2014 rat eradication on Ile Vache Marine and two Salomon Atoll islets, confirmed rat-free in 2017, let seabirds recover — and …
Algeria's Barrage Vert (1971-) afforestation belt reports conflicting outcomes: FAO cites ~75% survival, an independent study found ~42%, and a Djelfa remote-sensing …
Greece's CAP agri-environment scheme paid farmers €164.3m for organic farming on 750,984ha and €12.4m for extensive grazing on 487,267ha in its first …
Cali's municipal environment agency DAGMA pays rural landowners to protect the city's water sources: 238 agreements signed by June 2026 covering 2,500+ …
Serbia's Law on Forests levies a minimum 15% charge on the market value of harvested timber, split 70/30 between the national and …
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