5 stories on effective support for regenerative farming, tech for ecosystem restoration, nature-positive business models, nature revenue models and landscape management.
Here are 5 empowering stories from the FuturePlanet community and network. Read on to discover insights on ecosystem restoration, regenerative agriculture support, Nature-positive business models, Nature revenue models, and landscape management.
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1! Businesses already own the tech that ecosystem restoration needs
Coral reefs shelter marine life and protect coastal communities from storms, yet they face mounting pressure from climate change. Restoring one means growing healthy corals and putting them back. However, its critical stages are microscopic - researchers need imaging to breed corals that survive heat. That tech already existed, inside the products companies sell and the expertise they hold - for example, Canon. In the Seychelles, Canon provides the imaging technology, financial investment and global storytelling of the restoration. Peter Bragg says no single organisation can solve challenges like this alone, and that collaboration is best when unique strengths are joined up together. [Read more]
2! Funding and expert support encourage regenerative farming adoption
Corporate farming targets depend on suppliers changing practice, which no single buyer can fund alone. Nine companies including McCain Foods, NatWest and Waitrose funded Routes to Regen, a pilot managed by The Royal Countryside Fund that gave 100 East of England farmers a variety of support such as price premiums, cheaper capital and visits to demonstration farms. Two things made it work. 82% of farmers said several companies collaborating was important in deciding to sign up. They also valued the independent adviser who visited their farm and shared which options were worth taking. [Read more]
3! Inspiring insights from case studies of Nature-positive business models
To contribute to a nature positive and resilient economy, businesses need to think about their business models with nature and people in mind, and to consider what risks or opportunities they might face relating to nature. Barriers to scale those models exist, but we don't lack examples that show what is possible within the current system. A new paper from CISL presents seven archetypes and five companies running them. The case studies span cosmetics, farming, habitat banking, capital markets and biodiversity measurement. Each one shares how to measure impact. [Read more]
4! Over 60 Nature revenue models, seven lessons on making them scale
The Green Finance Institute puts the yearly shortfall in funding for nature at roughly $700 billion, and argues private investors could cover part of it by backing businesses already paid to protect and restore ecosystems. The ones that won commercial investment had grant money early, then a buyer contracted for years rather than paying once. For example, the Rimba Collective supports more than 400,000 hectares, funded by palm oil buyers and traders on contracts of 25 years or more, paying by volume bought. GFI says the important work is connecting working models to buyers and investors, not inventing new ones. [Access here]
5! Where landscape approaches came from, and how to finance one
Persimmon Co-Lab traces how integrated landscape management converged from many traditions, Indigenous stewardship, ecology, regional planning and commons governance, and why the field remains unsettled on power, inclusion, finance and governance. [Read more] Their second paper is a ten-step framework for mobilising investment across a whole landscape rather than project by project, with a capacity building curriculum and a case study from the Municipality of Pollica in Italy. [Read more]
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