Topic: Nature-based solutions & ecosystem services clear · back to the knowledge map
California's CARB cap-and-trade offset market has credited ~74 improved-forest-management projects with 130M+ carbon credits since 2013 — but peer-reviewed research found ~29% …
Sri Lanka's first PES pilot (2019-22): hydropower firm Vidullanka (60%) and IUCN Sri Lanka (40%) spent ~LKR 6.1M restoring riparian buffers and …
Created by Brazil's 2012 Forest Code but only operationalised in October 2025, the CRA lets landowners with surplus native vegetation sell tradable …
Victoria's BushBroker native-vegetation offset scheme (386 sites, 19,000+ ha, since 2006) was independently audited and peer-reviewed in 2024: both found little evidence …
WSAS's independent 2023 audit certified Nestlé Nigeria's Abaji factory 'Core' under the Alliance for Water Stewardship standard, but also documented three major …
A timber levy funding forests' "general beneficial functions" is uniform in Republika Srpska (10% of roadside timber value) but fragmented across FBiH …
A UK Darwin Initiative-funded pilot (GBP 525,573, 2023-2026) led by IIED with Conserve Global and Tondwa Conservation is designing Zambia's first community …
Since 2021, Swiss NGO FarmStrong has interplanted cocoa farms in Côte d'Ivoire's Nawa Region with timber and fruit trees across 50,942 ha, …
Rio Tinto's QMM ilmenite mine near Tolagnaro offsets 1,665 ha of forest loss with ~6,000 ha of protected forest, about 3.5x the …
Rio Tinto's Simandou iron-ore project has surveyed chimpanzee populations in Guinea's Pic de Fon forest since 2007 to build an IFC PS6 …
Plan Vivo-certified agroforestry project run by Graine de Vie with Bankim, Banyo and Mayo-Darlé communes in Cameroon's Adamawa Region pays smallholders to …
Announced in March 2026, the Coca-Cola system is investing USD 1.94 million with IUCN and Tanzania's Wami-Ruvu Basin Water Board to restore …
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