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Danone's Évian brand finances PES for 41 farmers across a 35 km² alpine catchment (Plateau de Gavot, Haute-Savoie) to protect mineral water …
Africa's longest-running community wildlife PES: Zimbabwe Rural District Councils market wildlife access to safari operators, distributing revenues to 50+ communal areas across …
Netherlands peatland carbon standard: farmers raise groundwater in drained peat meadows earning SNK-verified credits at €75–115/tCO₂e. Peat subsidence is ~2.8% of Dutch …
New Zealand’s NZD 1.185 billion pandemic-recovery conservation programme (2020–2025): 225 DOC-led projects employed 11,000+ workers for invasive species control and habitat restoration. …
Africa’s first water fund (2015): TNC and partners pay 50,000+ Upper Tana farmers to protect Nairobi’s water supply for 9M people. USD …
Pacific islands' first indigenous-owned Plan Vivo carbon project: Drawa communities conserve 4,120 ha of tropical rainforest on Vanua Levu, generating 18,800 tCO₂e/year. …
Europe's first supply-side biodiversity compensation site: CDC Biodiversité restored 357 ha of orchards to rare Crau steppic grassland (€12.5M; 2008–10). Great bustard …
Largest biodiversity credit market in Australia: 381 stewardship agreements covering 109,911 ha under NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. A$467M Stewardship Payments Fund …
Queensland farmers earn Reef Credits — each equal to 1 kg of nitrogen prevented from reaching the Great Barrier Reef — in …
86 communal conservancies covering 16.6M ha (about 20% of Namibia) pay 230,000+ rural members to manage wildlife and natural resources. Elephant populations …
Nepal's jurisdictional REDD+ programme covering 1.7M ha of the Terai Arc Landscape: 2.4M tCO2e reduced 2018–2024, US$9.4M World Bank FCPF payment (2025). …
Niger's 1993 Rural Code, reinforced by a 2004 forestry law and a 2020 presidential decree, gave farmers ownership of on-farm trees. World …
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