Cross-sector Innovation for Nature-Positive Outcomes
Jacob Park, Swayamprabha Das, and Ernesto Herrera propose an innovative cross-sector collaboration model to achieve nature-positive conservation outcomes.
Jacob Park, Swayamprabha Das, and Ernesto Herrera propose an innovative cross-sector collaboration model to achieve nature-positive conservation outcomes. They argue in their article that traditional funding mechanisms often prioritize market-based solutions that reflect global elites' interests, rather than addressing the needs of vulnerable, marginalized communities.
To effectively meet ambitious global biodiversity and climate targets by 2030, they emphasize integrating nature-positive strategies—those that actively reverse ecosystem degradation while ensuring societal benefits into broader economic and financial systems.
The authors propose four critical steps: first, leveraging global nature-positive initiatives; second, significantly scaling financial commitments; third, integrating nature-related financial and economic risk assessments into policy-making; and fourth, fostering diverse, inclusive conservation models.
Using the work of Reforestamos México as a mini-case study, their model, most critically, advocates moving beyond traditional donor-recipient relationships to partnerships rooted in equity, innovation, and systemic integration. Moreover, their model underlines the importance of designing, building, and implementing community-centric, locally driven initiatives to achieve genuinely sustainable global environmental outcomes.
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