Nature-based reforestation projects face a structural financing paradox. While they generate long-term environmental value and measurable climate outcomes, they struggle to access capital at the moment it is most needed: during early project development, planting, and monitoring. Traditional investors typically prefer to purchase verified outcomes—such as carbon credits—once they are issued, rather than take early-stage project risk.
As a result, many high-quality reforestation initiatives are left underfunded precisely when catalytic capital could unlock their full potential. The absence of early finance delays implementation, weakens community engagement, and limits the scale at which nature-based solutions can be deployed.