Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition

Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition

Conservation Network from South Africa

The Sustainable Landscape Finance Coalition is a catalytic and innovative driving force for the creation of landscape finance solutions for effective and enduring conservation landscapes in South Africa and across Africa.

The Coalition addresses the urgent need for the development of additional finance for sustainable landscapes. It supports a growing regional network for collaborative stakeholder and partner engagement to foster a cohesive landscape finance sector.

The global financial underspend on environmental efforts is well recognised. South Africa and Africa as a region are no exception and currently face substantial financial shortfalls in financing and resourcing to effectively address environmental and social challenges.

Sustainable landscapes underpin human health and well-being as well as sustainable and resilient economies. They contribute significantly to the SDGs: raising employment, safeguarding access to clean water, ensuring environmental sustainability and resilience to future shocks, and increasing the amount of land and oceans under protection. However, they require adequate and sustainable financing to continue fostering these benefits.

The Coalition was launched in partnership by Wilderness Foundation Africa and WWF SA and works alongside key decision-makers from public, private, and civil society sectors through its Council and a network of stakeholders through its Innovation Hub.

The Coalition's four-stage Finance Solution Approach © is used to drive the development and practical implementation of new finance solutions across landscapes. The WWF Nedbank Green Trust is thanked for its foundational funding support. Please note that when joining or following the Coalition you accept its IP open source policy and terms of use and engagement.

https://www.wwf.org.za/our_work/initiatives/the_sustainable_landscape_finance_coalition/

Health In Harmony

Health In Harmony

NGO from the USA

Health In Harmony is an international planetary health nonprofit dedicated to reversing tropical rainforest deforestation by meeting the health and economic needs of surrounding communities. HIH model recognizes the inextricable link between human and environmental health and invests in community-designed solutions (healthcare, livelihoods, reforestation and education) for planetary health.

Ecomarket Services LLC

Private Company located in USA and Australia

 
 

Ecomarket Services LLC provides advisory services, including analysis, implementation, and participation guidance, to clients involved with environmental markets and financing programs. Our firm empowers program participants to make wise decisions about market behavior; assesses the potential of properties to generate ecoassets; evaluates optimal frameworks for carbon, water quality, and species markets; builds calculators, registries, and trading and reporting platforms; and evaluates options to scale programs such as bonds, P3s, performance contracts, and blockchain technology. Our staff has managed, developed, or analyzed high-profile environmental finance programs including the District of Columbia Stormwater Retention Credit Trading Program; European Union Emissions Trading System; Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia water quality trading programs; U.S. revolving water funds; and multiple programs in California, other U.S. states, and Australia. The slogan, “Environmental Markets. Simplified.” will resonate with clients attempting to navigate the patchwork nature of finance programs across states, regions, and countries.

www.ecomarketservices.com

African Wildlife Foundation

NGO based in Kenya

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The African Wildlife Foundation’s vision is of an Africa where sustainable development includes thriving wildlife and wild lands as a cultural and economic asset for Africa’s future generations. AWF's mission is to ensure that wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern Africa. AWF engages and supports leadership at all levels in their efforts to stabilize Africa’s wildlife habitats, protect wildlife and wild lands, eliminate illegal wildlife trade, and ensure the development of Africa is inclusive and green.