Financing Nature-Based Solutions
for Climate & Communities
The Fund for Nature mobilizes blended finance to restore critical ecosystems and scale nature-based solutions in Africa and emerging markets — aligning biodiversity outcomes with measurable investor returns.
Nature is the Planet’s Most Essential Infrastructure
Nature-based solutions are not just an environmental imperative — they are one of the most cost-effective tools available for climate mitigation, community resilience, and sustainable economic development.
Natural ecosystems — forests, wetlands, mangroves, grasslands, and ocean systems — provide services worth an estimated $125 trillion per year to the global economy. Yet these systems are collapsing faster than any other asset class, and almost no institutional capital is flowing to protect them.
“The Fund for Nature’s mission is to scale nature-based solutions in emerging markets — investing in projects that restore critical ecosystems and support the transition to sustainable land management.”
We believe in building strong partnerships that deliver tangible outcomes today and for the long term — for the communities who depend on these ecosystems, for investors seeking credible climate and biodiversity returns, and for the planet.
See What We Fund
Nature-Based Solutions Across Land, Water & Carbon
We deploy capital into a curated portfolio of nature-based projects that generate measurable ecosystem outcomes and competitive financial returns — bridging the gap between conservation ambition and investable reality.
REDD+ · VCS
Forestry & Avoided Deforestation
Financing forest protection, sustainable forest management, and agroforestry transitions — generating verified carbon credits alongside biodiversity co-benefits.
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Blue Carbon
Wetlands & Blue Carbon
Restoring mangroves, seagrasses, and coastal wetlands — among the most carbon-dense ecosystems on Earth — while enhancing coastal resilience and fisheries productivity.
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Regenerative Ag
Regenerative Agriculture
Supporting the transition from extractive to regenerative land management — improving soil carbon, water retention, and smallholder yields simultaneously.
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Early mover in voluntary biodiversity credit markets — developing projects aligned with TNFD and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
ExploreSustainable Land Tenure
Structuring long-term community land agreements that formalise stewardship rights and unlock conservation finance for indigenous and rural communities.
ExploreNature-Linked Finance
Structuring sustainability-linked loans and bonds where interest rates are tied to verified biodiversity and ecosystem health metrics at the project level.
ExploreBlended Finance That Makes Nature Bankable
The core challenge of conservation finance is not the absence of conservation projects — it is the absence of capital structures that make those projects investable. We solve for this directly.
By blending grant capital and concessional first-loss layers from development partners with commercial debt and equity, we create risk-adjusted return profiles that attract mainstream institutional investors to nature-based assets for the first time.
Active projects across forestry, blue carbon, and regenerative agriculture
From Forest to Finance — Our Investment Process
We have developed a proprietary pipeline-to-close process for nature-based projects that manages both ecological integrity and investor-grade rigor simultaneously.
Source & Screen
Proprietary origination across 12+ countries. Projects screened for ecological integrity, additionality, community benefit, and financial viability.
Structure & Verify
Deep due diligence — ecological baseline, land tenure, MRV framework design, and financial model development — aligned to leading verification standards.
Raise & Close
Blend grant, concessional, and commercial capital into bespoke structures. Manage DFI compliance, legal documentation, and investor close.
Monitor & Report
Ongoing MRV of carbon, biodiversity, and community outcomes. Transparent investor reporting aligned to ISSB, TNFD, and voluntary carbon market standards.
Measurable Outcomes for Nature, Climate & Communities
Every project in our portfolio is underwritten to deliver verified, additional outcomes across three dimensions: ecological restoration, climate mitigation, and tangible community benefit.
Where Our Capital is Restoring Nature
Flagship
REDD+
Congo Basin Forest Protection & Community Corridors
Protecting 180,000 hectares of primary rainforest in partnership with indigenous communities — generating REDD+ credits and community land tenure rights simultaneously.
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Blue Carbon
VCS · CCB
Kenyan Coastal Mangrove Restoration
Restoring and protecting 12,000 ha of mangrove ecosystems with fishing communities — generating blue carbon credits and rebuilding coastal fish populations.
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Ag + Biochar
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Bio-Logical Biochar & Soil Carbon Platform
Participation in Bio-Logical’s $1.3M fundraise — scaling biochar production to improve soil health, crop yields, and carbon sequestration for smallholder farmers.
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The Fund for Nature works with a coalition of development finance institutions, philanthropic foundations, sovereign wealth funds, and impact-first institutional investors who understand that protecting nature is protecting returns.
Our blended structure allows partners with different mandates — from grant-making foundations to commercial pension funds — to participate at the layer that matches their risk appetite and impact objectives.
Ready to Finance High-Integrity Nature at Scale?
We are raising capital across multiple tranches — from catalytic grant layers to senior commercial debt and equity. Whether you’re an institutional investor, a family office, or a DFI, there is a place for your capital in the Fund for Nature.
Latest from the Fund for Nature
Press Release
Crestmont Fund for Nature Participates in Bio-Logical’s $1.3M Fundraise to Scale Biochar in Kenya
Investment supports scale-up of biochar production, boosting climate resilience and soil health for smallholder farmers across East Africa.
Announcement
Crestmont & Imperative Launch Early-Stage Funding Facility for High-Integrity Nature-Based Carbon
New facility designed to de-risk the development phase of nature-based carbon projects, accelerating the pipeline of verifiable, additive credits.
Research
Why Africa is the World’s Most Underfunded — and Highest-Potential — Nature Finance Market
A deep-dive into the $10B annual nature finance gap in sub-Saharan Africa and the structural innovations required to close it.
Ready to Put Your Capital to Work for Nature and Returns?
Whether you represent a development finance institution, a conservation foundation, a pension fund, or a corporate looking to meet nature commitments — the Fund for Nature has a structure for you.