Earth Acre

Nature Transformation Fund • Kenya

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Accelerating community-based conservation with diversified nature-based revenue streams

Earth Acre, in partnership with East Africa Carbon and Biodiversity Limited, is accelerating the creation of carbon and biodiversity credits on community-managed lands in Kenya. However, carbon and biodiversity credit development is a lengthy process, and to bridge this gap, the project provides direct cash transfers to landowners and uses a technology platform to manage nature-based revenue streams. This initiative helps sustain community engagement, expand sustainable land management, and protect critical ecosystems in the region, especially by restoring historic migratory corridors.

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Earth Acre’s approach blends conservation finance with sustainable land use, delivering both ecological and economic benefits.The NTF funding will go towards maximizing impact, with most going as direct cash to landowners to bridge the nature financing gap, and the rest supporting biodiversity interventions and developing a technology platform to manage payments, track biodiversity, and organize community records. As one of Verra’s selected pilots for its SD Vista nature credit program, the project showcases scalability, a strong commitment to science-based methodologies, and active local engagement, positioning it as a model for replication across global conservation efforts.

Jill Raval

Nature Lead

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