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Together with partners around the world, Forest Trends pioneers innovative finance for conservation, promoting healthy forests, sustainable agriculture, clean water, robust climate action, biodiverse landscapes, and strong communities.

Our programs and initiatives publish timely research, bring together diverse actors, and apply these approaches to make a difference on the ground, often blazing trails for bold and far-reaching policies in the process.

 
 

Forest Trends protects critical ecosystems through creative environmental finance, markets, supply chains, and other incentive mechanisms. We build diverse coalitions with governments, local and indigenous communities, and business to ensure that all stakeholders are engaged and benefit from conservation.

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Water

Nature-based Solutions and the Multilateral Move Upstream

We are at an inflection point for nature-based solutions (NbS) for water security in the developing world. Once a niche approach, NbS are increasingly recognized as a mainstream tool for addressing water and climate risks—a shift already well underway in major economies and now beginning to take hold across the developing world. Multilateral institutions, like […]

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Gaining Ground: State of Private Investment in Nature 2026

This new report by Ecosystem Marketplace and The Nature Conservancy shows that private investment in nature has grown substantially over the past decade, reflecting a market that is far more sophisticated, transparent, and standardized than when the last edition was published in 2016. As interest in nature investing continues to grow, there remains a lack […]

By Genevieve Bennett, Luiza Lucena, Catherine Burns, and Kourtney Watkins
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Which nature investments pay off? Here’s what a decade of data says

This piece was originally published as a Forum Story under Nature and Biodiversity for World Economic Forum on August 5, 2026. Private capital investments in nature projects have increased roughly five-fold over the last decade, reaching $14 billion in 2025. Recent research shows institutional investors are backing a broader range of nature investments as the […]

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The Western US Supports Active Forest Stewardship. It’s Time to Make That Support Visible.

Across the Western United States (US), state and local governments, forest managers, practitioners, landowners, and communities face an urgent question: “How do we care for forests today, so they are better prepared for the wildfires of tomorrow?” The challenge that gets less attention is making sure the forest stewardship projects needed to help reduce wildfire […]

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