Topic: Nature-based solutions & ecosystem services clear · back to the knowledge map
Plan Vivo-certified (PV_2011_006) community reforestation in Bolivia's Cochabamba Tropics. Smallholder farmers plant native mahogany, cedar, and 12 other species on deforested land; …
Germany's Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG) has required biodiversity offsetting since 1976. Eco-Accounts allow landowners to pre-register habitat improvements as tradable credits …
TNC's 2016 debt-for-nature swap ($21.6 M) and a 2018 World Bank blue bond ($15 M) funded SeyCCAT, expanding Seychelles marine protected areas …
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 …
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 …
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