Why
The world’s blue and green forests are fundamental to life on Earth. They regulate and maintain global weather systems, carbon sequestration, the water cycle, and all life on the planet. From the tropics of the Amazon, the Congo and the Ganges, to the huge kelp and seagrass forests of the world’s oceans, our planet’s lungs are under threat.
What we fund
Nature Positive Projects
Project & Business Model Development
Project & Business Model Development
Conserving or restoring land and ocean forests and their biodiversity, supported or led by indigenous and local communities.
Project & Business Model Development
Project & Business Model Development
Project & Business Model Development
Funding project start-up costs, including robust and sustainable business models and technology strategies to underpin nature positive projects.
Verifying impact / Amplifying intent
The best science
The strongest networks
The strongest networks
Our Measurement, Reporting and Verification partners include University of Cambridge spin-out, Canopy PACT.
Using satellite imagery, cutting-edge AI and a digital platform for global forest conservation and restoration data, Canopy PACT has developed the world’s most transparent and rigorous way to qualify carbon removals, in the contex
Our Measurement, Reporting and Verification partners include University of Cambridge spin-out, Canopy PACT.
Using satellite imagery, cutting-edge AI and a digital platform for global forest conservation and restoration data, Canopy PACT has developed the world’s most transparent and rigorous way to qualify carbon removals, in the context of people and nature.
Every Darwin Fund project selection includes biodiversity, livelihood and social justice benefit analysis.
The strongest networks
The strongest networks
The strongest networks
We bring together some of the world’s leading zoologists, plant scientists, computer scientists and innovators, alongside the biggest names in international biodiversity conservation, underpinned by cutting-edge international research and practice.
Creating a high-integrity market for nature means bringing together supply and demand, so w
We bring together some of the world’s leading zoologists, plant scientists, computer scientists and innovators, alongside the biggest names in international biodiversity conservation, underpinned by cutting-edge international research and practice.
Creating a high-integrity market for nature means bringing together supply and demand, so we work with global institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, banks and family offices to create a direct line of sight between great projects and investors.
The best returns
The strongest networks
The best returns
Our targeted, data-driven, approach is designed to optimise project funding for maximum impact.
Capable of delivering many multiples of the initial grant funding over the life of a project, every dollar donated will make a real difference to local and indigenous people and the real economy.
Building portfolios of projects and consortia of
Our targeted, data-driven, approach is designed to optimise project funding for maximum impact.
Capable of delivering many multiples of the initial grant funding over the life of a project, every dollar donated will make a real difference to local and indigenous people and the real economy.
Building portfolios of projects and consortia of investors will leverage funding still further, supporting positive systemic change and amplified impact for every donor.
Our team
Terry Tamminen | Co-Founder & Chair
Kristina Haddad | Executive Director – 7th Generation Advisors
Dr Robin Daniels | Co-Founder & CEO
#1 in the “Top 50 People Who Can Save The Planet”. CEO of AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles. Former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency & Cabinet Secretary for the State of California. Previously CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.
Dr Robin Daniels | Co-Founder & CEO
Kristina Haddad | Executive Director – 7th Generation Advisors
Dr Robin Daniels | Co-Founder & CEO
Thirty-year track record of venture building, innovation and impact. Cross disciplinary, global private sector, leadership positions at Cambridge, UCL and London Business School. Green-tech founder, trustee and advisor across Europe, Latin America and Africa. Fellow, Wolfson College Cambridge.
Kristina Haddad | Executive Director – 7th Generation Advisors
Kristina Haddad | Executive Director – 7th Generation Advisors
Kristina Haddad | Executive Director – 7th Generation Advisors
Over 20 years’ experience in the non-profit sector. Served as COO and Program Director at the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and Forest Program Director at the Environment Now Foundation.
Our Advisory Board
Professor Carlos Nobre
Professor Carlos Nobre
Professor Carlos Nobre
Professor Carlos Nobre is an internationally renowned Earth System scientist from Brazil, the author of several IPCC reports, including the 2007 report that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is the director of the Amazonia 4.0 project to promote a standing forest bioeconomy for the Amazon. He is a foreign member of the US National Aca
Professor Carlos Nobre is an internationally renowned Earth System scientist from Brazil, the author of several IPCC reports, including the 2007 report that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is the director of the Amazonia 4.0 project to promote a standing forest bioeconomy for the Amazon. He is a foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society, a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and of the World Academy of Sciences.
Elle Watson
Professor Carlos Nobre
Professor Carlos Nobre
Elle Watson is an entrepreneur and business leader with international impact. She is founder and Chair of projects reaching from the Congo Basin to Uganda, Indonesia and Australia. Deeply connected across institutional investors, Family Offices, Foundations and Royal Families, Elle’s professional journey includes a corporate background in
Elle Watson is an entrepreneur and business leader with international impact. She is founder and Chair of projects reaching from the Congo Basin to Uganda, Indonesia and Australia. Deeply connected across institutional investors, Family Offices, Foundations and Royal Families, Elle’s professional journey includes a corporate background in Marketing, Media and Advertising which ultimately lead her to founding her own business from the formative age of just 26 and has been a business owner ever since.
Dr Maritta Koch-Weser
Professor Carlos Nobre
Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza
Dr Maritta Koch-Weser has a distinguished career spanning four decades in international development, as anthropologist, environmentalist, and social entrepreneur. She has extensive field experience in Latin America, South & East Asia, parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Maritta is a co-founder of Amazon Insti
Dr Maritta Koch-Weser has a distinguished career spanning four decades in international development, as anthropologist, environmentalist, and social entrepreneur. She has extensive field experience in Latin America, South & East Asia, parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Maritta is a co-founder of Amazon Institute of Technology, Amazonia 4.0, a former World Bank Director for Latin America, and Director General of IUCN.
Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy
Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza
Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza is a chemical biologist, scientist and conservationist who leads and inspires high-impact initiatives uniting modern science with traditional knowledge to elevate and protect the Amazon Rainforest and our natural world. A National Geographic Explorer, she is the founder and director of Amazon Research Internacion
Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza is a chemical biologist, scientist and conservationist who leads and inspires high-impact initiatives uniting modern science with traditional knowledge to elevate and protect the Amazon Rainforest and our natural world. A National Geographic Explorer, she is the founder and director of Amazon Research Internacional, a non-profit dedicated to protecting biodiversity and empowering indigenous Amazonian communities. Her work inspired Peru’s Law 26305, granting stingless bees legal protection for the first time.
Isobel Cohen
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy
Isobel Cohen is a Principal at Nature Finance, resetting the relationship between nature and finance at the core of building an inclusive, sustainable world. Isobel collaborates with financial institutions and multinational organisations to leverage the role of finance in helping address the nature and climate crises in equitable, impact
Isobel Cohen is a Principal at Nature Finance, resetting the relationship between nature and finance at the core of building an inclusive, sustainable world. Isobel collaborates with financial institutions and multinational organisations to leverage the role of finance in helping address the nature and climate crises in equitable, impactful and innovative ways. Bringing extensive front-line experience in philanthropic partnerships for climate, conservation and technology in research and higher education, Isobel works across the spectrum of principal and major gifts, trusts & foundations, and corporate fundraising.
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy is Professor of Planetary Computing at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, leading research into the application of computer systems and programming languages to global conservation and biodiversity. A seasoned technology entrepreneur, he is co-director the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits (4C)
Professor Anil Madhavapeddy is Professor of Planetary Computing at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, leading research into the application of computer systems and programming languages to global conservation and biodiversity. A seasoned technology entrepreneur, he is co-director the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits (4C) and the Cambridge Centre for Earth Observation, collaborating with colleagues from Plant Sciences, Zoology, and Economics and NGOs such as UNEP-WCMC and the IUCN.
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