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Green microfinance

Microfinance programmes that integrate green or environmental principles, criteria and/or assessments into lending policies. Criteria can include sustainable agricultural practices (e.g. organic agriculture) and measurement of environmental benefits associated with the economic activities.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Energy

Finance

Fishing

Forests

Infrastructure

Manufacturing

Mining

Other

Protected Areas

Tourism

Trade

Transport

Water

Countries:

Brazil

Costa Rica

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Mexico

Thailand

Uganda

Vietnam

Development impact bond (payment for results)

A social and development impact bond where resources are linked to a development outcome.

Result

Deliver

Any measure or strategy that can enhance cost-effectiveness/efficiency, synergies and/or favour a more equitable distribution of resources.

Deliver

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Grant

Any solution that invovles the allocation of a grant. This includes private donations and Official Development Assistance.

Grant

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Finance

Tourism

Green lending

Lending facility by a development or commercial bank or a microfinance institution that positively screens or actively encourages environmentally beneficial loans. The facility or fund may have specific requirements for loan approval or allocation in the form of environmental criteria and assessments. Criteria can include an identified sub-sector (e.g. climate change adaptation) or reference to certain best practices (e.g. via certification of sustainable agricultural/forest management practices).

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Energy

Finance

Fishing

Forests

Infrastructure

Manufacturing

Mining

Other

Tourism

Trade

Transport

Water

Countries:

Belize

Brazil

Guatemala

India

Mexico

Mozambique

Rwanda

Seychelles

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Community finance

Community finance-often considered part of microfinance-is of particular relevance for the communities living in or in the proximity of protected areas, including indigenous communities. Financial providers have a stated mission to deliver financial solutions for people in a defined community. Lending practices include community revolving funds and credit unions. The community itself is often the main shareholder of those institutions and can be the sole source of capital such as in village savings and loans.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Energy

Finance

Fishing

Forests

Infrastructure

Manufacturing

Mining

Other

Protected Areas

Tourism

Trade

Transport

Water

Countries:

Brazil

Kyrgyzstan

Mexico

Thailand

Uganda

Green microfinance

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Energy

Finance

Fishing

Forests

Infrastructure

Manufacturing

Mining

Other

Protected Areas

Tourism

Trade

Transport

Water

Countries:

Brazil

Costa Rica

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Mexico

Thailand

Uganda

Vietnam

Forest bonds

Green bonds financing projects related to sustainable forest management or forest conservations, e.g. investments in sustainable timber production companies. Innovative schemes offer repayment in climate credit offsets.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Forests

Protected Areas

Ecosystem green bonds

Green bonds linked to self-sustained cash-flow generating initiatives from ecosystem related services.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Forests

Protected Areas

Conservation impact bond (payment for results)

A social and development impact bond where resources are linked to a conservation outcome.

Result

Deliver

Any measure or strategy that can enhance cost-effectiveness/efficiency, synergies and/or favour a more equitable distribution of resources.

Deliver

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Grant

Any solution that invovles the allocation of a grant. This includes private donations and Official Development Assistance.

Grant

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Energy

Finance

Forests

Other

Protected Areas

Tourism

Countries:

Bhutan

Colombia

Philippines

Conservation notes

Fixed income product that channels capital to conservation-critical lands and waters. The interest rate can be lower than market rates (i.e. concessional). Examples include property being resold to a government agency, institution, or conservation buyer, with easements or restrictions in place to ensure that the organization's long-term conservation objectives for the project are met.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Forests

Protected Areas

Climate bonds

Green bond financing projects related to climate adaptation and mitigation, e.g. renewable energy projects.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Energy

Finance

Fishing

Forests

Infrastructure

Manufacturing

Mining

Other

Tourism

Trade

Transport

Water

Countries:

Colombia

Brazil

Blue bonds

Green bond financing projects related to the blue economy, i.e. sustainable fishery and conservation of maritime resources.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Fishing

Protected Areas

Countries:

Seychelles

Green bonds

Green bonds can mobilize resources from domestic and international capital markets for climate change adaptation, renewables and other environment-friendly projects. They are no different from conventional bonds, their only unique characteristic being the specified use of proceeds which are invested in projects that generate environmental benefits. In its simplest form, a bond issuer (public or private) will raise a fixed amount of capital, repaying the capital and accrued interests over a set period of time. Sovereign bonds and forest bonds are being issued to finance biodiversity related activities.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Energy

Finance

Fishing

Forests

Infrastructure

Manufacturing

Mining

Other

Protected Areas

Tourism

Trade

Transport

Water

Countries:

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

India

Indonesia

Mexico

South Africa

Thailand

Forest bonds

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Forests

Protected Areas

Ecosystem green bonds

Green bonds linked to self-sustained cash-flow generating initiatives from ecosystem related services.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Forests

Protected Areas

Conservation notes

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Forests

Protected Areas

Climate bonds

Green bond financing projects related to climate adaptation and mitigation, e.g. renewable energy projects.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Agriculture

Energy

Finance

Fishing

Forests

Infrastructure

Manufacturing

Mining

Other

Tourism

Trade

Transport

Water

Countries:

Colombia

Brazil

Blue bonds

Green bond financing projects related to the blue economy, i.e. sustainable fishery and conservation of maritime resources.

Result

Generate

Any existing or innovative mechanism that can generate and/or leverage financial resources for biodiversity.

Generate

Type

Debt/Equity

Any solution that invovles an obligation or liability to make a payment and/or the acquisition of ownership rights (equity, property or financial asset).

Debt/Equity

Market

Any solution that involves a market transaction, e.g. ecosystem services and carbon markets.

Market

Public/Private

Public

Private

Sector

Fishing

Protected Areas

Countries:

Seychelles

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