Enabling a Holistic Nature Investment Market for the United Kingdom.
Highlands Rewilding, an NFCA member collaborating on their Community Benefits Standard workstream, aims to deliver nature recovery and community prosperity through rewilding taken to scale in Scotland, and then beyond. The mass-owned company has produced a nine-goal roadmap for its relationship with the communities where its teams work. These methods
The ‘Community Benefits Certification Mark’ project has been awarded further government and philanthropic funding, based on a successful proof of concept delivered by the Nature Finance Certification Alliance (NFCA). The purpose of the Certification Mark, only applicable to UK-based projects, will be to improve long-term project and community outcomes, by
In the age of a warming climate, record-breaking temperatures are increasingly threatening people and wildlife across the globe. Ecosystem restoration, with its dual capacity to sequester carbon and enhance biodiversity, has the potential to be a huge part of the solution.
A consortium of community organisations, national agencies, green finance and land management specialists has joined forces to create a novel framework to fund nature restoration in eastern Scotland, called Nature Finance Fife. The initiative will blend public, philanthropic and private finance for the restoration of the region’s natural ecosystems
* According to new guidelines published by the Scottish Land Commission (SLC), "community benefits" are defined as: * For the local geographical community – they are in addition to the public benefits nature restoration projects provide such as clean air and water, carbon sequestration and biodiversity gains, and in addition to
