Our work focuses on our local partners. Together, we identify, develop, and sustain high-integrity, locally-led nature-based solutions that deliver lasting impact—driving climate resilience, social justice and community well-being. By blending access to global nature markets with grants and other financial tools, we unlock the resources communities need to lead and scale their efforts. Our approach empowers local self-determination and builds pathways toward long-term prosperity. By connecting grassroots initiatives at landscape level, we mobilize investment for transformative, systems-scale change.
Achieving durable solutions for the impacts of climate change requires that local organizations, Indigenous groups, and individuals not only have a voice but also the necessary tools—resources, technical skills, and ...
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We are committed to social and environmental justice. Our work ensures that marginalized communities—especially Indigenous peoples and local communities—have agency, resources, and representation in nature-based solutions and climate resilience efforts.
We build deep, trust-based partnerships with frontline communities. We value local knowledge, leadership, and co-creation to enable sustainable, community-driven impact.
We champion regenerative, enduring solutions that protect ecosystems while advancing economic and social well-being. We honor cultural heritage, Indigenous knowledge systems, and responsible land care.
We maintain the highest standards of ethics, transparency, and responsibility. We are accountable to the communities we serve, our partners, and funders—ensuring our work stays true to our mission.
We embrace evidence-based, flexible and culturally informed approaches to tackle the climate crisis that lead to resilience and durability at the local level.
We continuously innovate with our partners to seek solutions that have measurable impacts and substantive outcomes.
Nature For Justice ensures that frontline communities affected by climate change and biodiversity loss have the resources, agency, and support to lead equitable, high-impact nature-based solutions. These are actions that protect, restore, and sustainably manage ecosystems in ways that address societal challenges and which generate tangible benefits for both people and nature.
Across Africa, our team works to identify, co-create, and support high-integrity NbS projects that: Safeguard rural livelihoods and unlock new, sustainable revenue streams through climate resilient agriculture and associated value chains. Create thousands of green jobs in nature-based activities and enterprises. Restore natural capital across target landscapes, to improve water and food security, reduce flood and landslide risks, and conserve biodiversity.
