FAO and Timor-Leste's government built an XGBoost-corrected seasonal drought index that triggered the country's first Anticipatory Action protocol in October 2023, matching …
COMACO pays Zambian smallholders above-market prices for conservation-farmed produce in exchange for surrendering snares and firearms; a 2011 PNAS study found significant …
Chipata, Zambia
Good practice★ 60
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Seattle's ~100,000-acre Cedar River Municipal Watershed programme won EPA's rare 'Limited Alternative to Filtration' status in 2004, saving over $100 million in …
Seattle, United States of America
Good practice★ 60
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Indonesia's national Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG, later BRGM) rewetted 1.6 million hectares of degraded peatland across seven provinces between 2016 and 2024 …
Jakarta, Indonesia
Good practice★ 60
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Australia's Indigenous Rangers Program funds 40+ ranger groups across northern Australia to control feral pigs, cats and invasive weeds like gamba grass; …
Darwin, Australia
Good practice★ 60
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Brazil's first ecological fiscal transfer (1991) redistributes ~R$500 million/year of state VAT revenue to municipalities hosting protected areas or water springs, spurring …
Curitiba, Brazil
Good practice★ 60
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
VCS/CCB-certified REDD+ project covering 660,000 ha in Petén's Maya Biosphere Reserve; 12 community concessions managed by ACOFOP and CONAP project 38 million …
Flores, Guatemala
Good practice★ 60
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
VCS-certified mangrove restoration in the Ayeyarwady Delta: 2,065 ha restored since 2015, targeting 3.6 MtCO2e over 20 years (~184,000 tCO2e/yr). WIF with …
Pathein, Myanmar
Good practice★ 60
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Ten island watershed partnerships co-manage 2.6M acres of Hawaiian native forest through fencing and invasive/ungulate removal. ~US$2.5M annual state funding; US$12M leveraged …
Honolulu, United States of America
Good practice★ 60
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Peru's Law 30215 (2014) mandates water utilities to fund watershed PES via tariffs. SUNASS authorised 43/50 utilities; US$50M+ invested; 8,900+ ha protected; …