Ecotierra closes USD 10.8 million investment in RSCF-supported Kuska agroforestry project in Peru
The Restoration Seed Capital Facility is proud to announce that Ecotierra’s Urapi Sustainable Land Use Fund has successfully closed an investment of USD 10.8 million in Peru, with the Facility’s support. RSCF provided project development support in the form of reimbursable grants, notably to enable Ecotierra...
New Forests investment in Thailand
RSCF partner New Forests has announced the first investment for its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2). This project, which has benefitted from the Facility’s support in its development, will contribute to conserving and restoring the Kuan Kreng Landscape (KKL) in Thailand....
Successful investment of ECOTIERRA’s Sustainable Land Use Fund in Honduras
The Restoration Seed Capital Facility is proud to announce that ECOTIERRA’s Urapi Sustainable Land Use Fund has successfully closed an investment of USD 9.2 million in Honduras, with the Facility’s support.RSCF provided project development support in the form of reimbursable grants, notably to enable Ecotierra to achieve...
Impact Earth announces second closing of the Amazon Biodiversity Fund
The Amazon Biodiversity Fund (ABF), a Brazilian impact fund advised by Impact Earth, aims to mobilize venture and early growth capital for sustainable enterprises with a transformational positive impact on biodiversity and local communities in the Legal Amazon of Brazil. With two new investors on board,...
Unlocking Private Finance for Forests and Sustainable Land Use: Sharing Lessons and Opportunities to Scale up Investment in the LATAM Region
Investment in nature-based solutions must double by 2025 and triple by 2030 to meet global climate and biodiversity targets according to the United Nations Environment Programme’s State of Finance for Nature Report. Accounting for only 17% of current investment in nature-based solutions, private finance must rapidly...
Sharing Lessons Learnt from the Restoration Seed Capital Facility with Arbaro Advisors and Ecotierra
On 8 June 2023, RSCF held a knowledge exchange webinar where RSCF partners Arbaro Advisors and ECOTIERRA shared valuable lessons learnt on developing strong pipelines of bankable, restoration-focused projects. Hanna Skelly, Managing Director of Arbaro Advisors, highlighted the ongoing need for targeted fund manager support to...
Introduction to the Restoration Seed Capital Facility
Making Investments in Forest Landscape Restoration happen View presentation ...
Building Local Climate Resilience with Collective Collaboration
Global demand for coffee is a driving force of tropical deforestation. With small-holder farmers producing 60% of the world’s coffee, new funding models are required to support small-holders to transition to sustainable agricultural practices that protect forests, restore degraded lands, maintain healthy waterways, enhance biodiversity...
Arbaro Advisors successfully closes three RSCF-supported investments
Arbaro Advisors has successfully closed three RSCF-supported investments for the Arbaro Fund in Peru, Ecuador and Guatemala, resulting in the first reflows to the facility. The Arbaro Fund is an impact investment fund dedicated to sustainable forestry in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa, following...
Finance for Nature: Equitable, Net Zero and Positive
UNEP State of Finance for Nature Report 2022 Climate, biodiversity, and land degradation goals will be out of reach unless investments into nature-based solutions quickly ramp up to USD 384 billion per year by 2025, more than double of the current USD 154 billion per year. View...
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