Revenues for Nature

About Revenues for Nature

To meet our global nature goals, an additional $700 billion annually needs to be mobilized from domestic, international, public, and private sources. Currently, the private sector contributes about US$35 billion a year to nature-based solutions. This needs to increase.

In order to catalyse private sector funding, financing models must provide appealing returns through the generation of cashflows and / or prevention of costs. Revenues for Nature (R4N) launched in March 2024, focuses on identifying and developing core revenue model archetypes for nature-based solutions. By providing in-depth guidance on their design and implementation, the programme enables investors, businesses, and policymakers to understand the key considerations for replicating or scaling these models.

In 2025, R4N is working with partners to develop implementation plans in eight countries to support the replication or scaling of innovative revenue models and financial mechanisms that drive private capital into nature. The cohort will unlock an initial $170 million in investment into nature.

R4N helps countries deliver on Target 19 of the Global Biodiversity Framework. It is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and led by the Green Finance Institute’s Nature Programme (GFI Hive), in partnership with UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) and UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), and with the contribution of the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC).

Models shared with the R4N project are selected according to a set of criteria that include high-integrity environmental outcomes and the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

Community of Practice

The Community of Practice is open to all and aims to collect relevant expertise to inform challenges and opportunities towards Target 19 of the GBF. Participants to the Community of Practice will receive monthly updates about the R4N project and bespoke opportunities for engagement based on participants’ interest and expertise – as detailed in the registration of interest form.

Revenues for Nature Database

The database offers a high-level overview of financing models for nature, describing their key aspects: purpose, benefits, and structure.

We are currently displaying a beta version of the database with the possibility for you to add your model(s) through the ‘Submit Model’ function and to send feedback at [email protected]. This will help us build a comprehensive Revenues for Nature database.

View the database

Guidebook Series

As part of the Revenues for Nature Programme, GFI, UNEP FI and UNDP Biofin have developed guidebooks for governments, businesses and project developers on existing models that can unlock private sector investment into nature restoration, nature-based solutions and conservation. The aim is to support the replication of successful models globally.

Four guidebooks launched in 2024, with a further five guidebooks launching in 2025.