We support agri-food companies, NGOs, and international organisations, in understanding and addressing drivers of nature loss and land degradation. Using participatory methods and primary data collection protocols, we monitor, evaluate and design intervention strategies, including market-based and regulatory instruments, to mobilize resources in support of a nature-positive and decarbonised economy.

Examples of related work: Our global analysis for Olam Agri (p103), and case-studies from Haiti, Benin & Ghana for Groundswell International and the German Development Cooperation.

 

 

Specialised in natural capital and ecosystem service valuation - we help organisations to measure and value impacts and dependencies on nature, and integrate these into key accounting and decision-making frameworks. We do this using state-of-the-art technology in data collection, remote sensing, biophysical modelling and statistical analysis.

Examples of related work: The value of Green Infrastructure, in reducing reservoir sedimentation for the World Bank. Design and valuation of viable pasture management strategies in Georgia.  Contributions to the UN System of Environmental Economic Accounting and the development of the Natural Capital Protocol.

Any circular economy initiative needs to be underpinned by financial feasibility. Using economic or financial cost benefit analysis, we show how to enable sustainable consumption and resource stewardship with positive returns, and how resources can be mobilised to close funding gaps. See for example our work on the Tuyamuyun hydropower facility in Uzbekistan.

We also work hand-in-hand with SMEs to help align their business priorities with changing industry and consumer trends, and showcase how the adoption of circular economy initiatives can reduce costs and generate new revenue streams.

 

 

 

At the country, region or watershed level,  we analyse how crop yields, farmland profitability, hydrological and carbon cycles respond to changing land cover and land use practices. Scenario analysis of future land use and climate change trajectories, are used to set nature-positive and land-regeneration targets, helping organisations to envision the transformations needed for halting nature loss and mitigating climate change and complying with emerging regulations.

Related work: Development of a land degradation neutral planning tool, for the UN WMO and GEO-LDN to facilitate reporting under SDG target 15.3 (for UN WMO and GEO-LDN).  FAO assessment on the risks and opportunities associated with nature-loss/gain in the Miombo-Mopane and Cerrado woodlands, accounting for feedback loops between land cover changes, precipitation and land use productivity.