Topic: Nature-based solutions & ecosystem services clear · back to the knowledge map
-45 practices not yet assessed for evidence strength.
Most practices in: United States of America (14) · Australia (9) · Brazil (9)
GEF/IDB project protecting Blue Mountains forests that supply 42% of Kingston's water. Over 500 ha reforested, 5,000+ farmers trained, 8% sedimentation reduction …
World's largest debt-for-nature swap (US$1 billion, October 2024) directs US$200 M over 20 years to protect the Rio Lempa watershed, which supplies …
Parliament-mandated fund (2020) pays landowners to convert drained farmland to forests/wetlands, financed by certified CO₂ credits. By 2022: 24 forests, 230 ha, …
Since 2003, Suntory holds 30–100-year forest management agreements at 27 Japanese sites totalling >12,000 ha, recharging more than twice the groundwater it …
China's first trans-provincial watershed PES: downstream Zhejiang pays upstream Anhui to protect Xin'an River water quality; CNY 2.2 billion exchanged 2012–2020, reducing …
Multi-donor water fund protecting drinking water for 22 million São Paulo residents via PES to 430+ farmers across 11,000 ha in the …
Multi-stakeholder water fund linking EPM, Coca-Cola, Postobon, IDB and TNC to pay upstream farmers for watershed conservation across 23,000 priority hectares, securing …
Brazil's first municipal PES law (Lei 2.100/2005): Extrema, Minas Gerais pays 53+ landowners R$195/ha/yr to restore native forest and adopt conservation practices …
Since 2004, Norway pays private forest owners to permanently protect valuable boreal forest. ~870 areas protected; ~NOK 3.3 billion disbursed; 2024 budget: …
Austria's ÖPUL pays 110,200 farms — 74.6% of all holdings — to adopt voluntary agri-environmental measures on 2.2 million hectares, with €614M/year …
Queensland state fund: AUD $132M+ across 3 rounds for carbon farming with verified co-benefits. By 2024: 315,400+ ha, 1.15M+ ACCUs from 20+ …
City of Cape Town and TNC fund invasive alien tree clearance since 2018. By Oct 2023: 46,000+ ha cleared across 7 mountain …
Largest statutory wetland offset market: 1,800+ mitigation banks in RIBITS (2013), restoring aquatic habitats across the US under CWA Section 404. Banking …
Korea Forest Service's statutory carbon scheme, linked to the national ETS since 2013, lets forest landowners earn verified credits through six methodologies …
Mae Fah Luang Foundation certifies 23,526 ha of community forest across 120 Thai communities in 10 provinces under T-VER, targeting 43,628 tCO2e/yr. …
Japan's tripartite government carbon credit scheme for forest management (METI, MOE, MAFF): 356 forestry projects registered by March 2024. Japan's forests removed …
One of the world's first forest carbon projects (1994): TNC and Programme for Belize conserve 102,790 ha of tropical forest in northwest …
NT2 Power Company pays US$1.3M/year to WMPA to protect the 3,710 km² Nakai–Nam Theun National Protected Area—Laos' largest NPA—for 25 years (2010–2035), …
World's first FCPF emission-reduction payment (Oct 2021): US $6.4 M for 1.28 M tCO2e in Zambézia Province. Programme covers 5.3 M ha …
New Zealand's ETS has included post-1989 forests since 2008; ~349,000 ha registered (2021) earn NZUs for carbon sequestration. In 2024, 11.5 M …
Panama Canal Authority pays landowners flat annual fees to restore forest in the 342,000-ha Canal watershed: 10,846 ha reforested (3,650 ha agroforestry, …
World's first peatland-rewetting carbon standard, launched 2011 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. MoorFutures certificates (EUR 30-123/tCO2e) fund bog rewetting across four German states; over 50,000 …
Finland's voluntary PES programme paying private landowners to conserve biodiversity-rich forests in Southern Finland. Over 96,000 ha permanently or durably protected; €46M …
Colombia's national voluntary PES marketplace: private companies and public entities compensate their ecological footprint by paying >13,000 rural and indigenous families to …
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