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A tree in Guatemala, courtesy "RS" on Flickr

Which way will Guatemala and other carbon markets where smallholders dominate grow? (Photo by RS, courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons.) 

Report From an Agroforesty Project Sheds Light on Smallholder Carbon Strategies

Ritika Jain
May 17, 2023
  • Topics:
  • Climate
  • Forest
  • Habitat
  • Impact Investing
  • Land Conservation
A green sanctuary in the heart of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Finca Chimelb hums with the melody of melodious blackbirds and chatter among local laborers. Spanning 4,751 hectares, the farm consists of rolling hills lined with high-value crops, such as cacao, specialty coffee, and cardamom, paired with rubber trees and other...
Has extractive farming had its day?

The Rise of Regenerative Agriculture: How Food Companies are Catalyzing Regenerative Farming Practices

Christina Kohler
April 18, 2023
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Climate
  • Fresh Water
  • Habitat
  • Land Conservation
Food companies have started to incorporate regenerative agriculture into their sustainability strategies and supply chains - it’s an important buzzword today for companies, but how are they defining it? And what are they doing to support farmers in the transition? I spoke with Daily Harvest - the plant-based meal delivery...
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You Bet, Sustainable Finance Will Grow

March 31, 2023
Source: Euromoney
This March 27 dispatch assesses how UBS' absorption of Credit Suisse will invite other investment banks to build market share in ocean and other conservation deals.
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Less Money, More Hikers, More...

March 24, 2023
Source: WXPR radio
A March 24 dispatch from a radio station in Wisconsin's North Woods traces opposite trajectories in the volume of people exploring the outdoors and the volume of state funding for public lands.
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Is a Standard the Right Flavor?

March 24, 2023
Source: GreenBiz
This March 23 piece distills the case for and against a federal regenerative-agriculture standard.

Staking the State of Nature, With Data and Urgency

Dimitria Spathakis
March 21, 2023
  • Topics:
  • Climate
  • Environmental Justice
  • Forest
  • Fresh Water
  • Habitat
  • Impact Investing
  • Land Conservation
  • Oceans
  • Philanthropy
  • Public Funding
  • Public Policy
In December 2022 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) advocated urgency for an expedited 2025 timeline to more than double finance flows in nature-based solutions (NbS) to limit climate change to below 1.5°C, halt biodiversity loss, and achieve land degradation neutrality. UNEP published the second edition of its “State of...

Deep in the Weeds: Panel Pursues "Seagriculture" Investment Models

Grace Cajski
March 21, 2023
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Blended Finance
  • Climate
  • Impact Investing
  • Oceans
  • Public Policy
Seaweed—as a food source and beyond—has the potential to be profitable and sustainable, while supporting culturally important cuisines and strengthening the base of the marine food web. Recently, interest in cultivating seaweed, especially in the United States, has grown—but anyone interested in growing seaweed, investing in it, or processing it...
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Land-Acknowledgment Talk is Cheap

March 17, 2023
Source: NPR
This March 15 story details how some American Indian organizers are working to parley verbal "land acknowledgments" into financial relationships.
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Lord, Make Me Net Zero...

March 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation
Three British scholars summarize their paper, which sifts through over 20 nations' decarbonization plans and finds a burn line of reliance on carbon offsetting and burial.
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They're Not Fleecing You Here

March 10, 2023
Source: Fast Company
This March 8 update tips us that Patagonia acquired a snack-food company that practices regenerative agriculture. Of course it did.

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