Nature for Justice
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Of Note
- Bill is most significant legislation for Black farmers since Civil Rights Act, experts say
- Learning About Cocoa Landscape Approaches: Ghana Guidance Document & Toolbox. Resources for implementing landscape approaches in areas of tree crops and forests.
Our Mission
Nature for Justice (N4J) is a new organization established to use nature to address the social justice needs of vulnerable populations confronting the climate crisis around the world. N4J aims to secure funding from companies and other sources and provide technical resources to leading, in-country non-profits working with these marginal communities.
To scale our impact, we plan to accelerate and replicate successful landscape management techniques such as restoration, improved management, and forest protection as recent science has demonstrated that these practices can contribute to over 30 percent of the solution in meeting the Paris agreement target.
Our Impact
It has been six months since we formally launched Nature For Justice so it is too soon to talk about impacts. Our approach will be to use this space and other pages on our web site to transparently describe the measurable impacts we are having on social inclusion, economic development, and partner capacity, all with the aim to create nature-based solutions to climate change and to conserve and protect the nature in the places we work.
Key Developments
- Working on a partnership in Papua New Guinea to sell carbon credits and launch a new restoration program with local clans, NIHT/Topaiyo Foundation and Cultivo.
- In Canada with First Nations, designing a strategy to conserve and protect carbon, biodiversity, and wildlife.
- Our program with Black farmers in NC, VA, and FL has drawn a lot of interest, and we’re now seeking to expand into SC, GA, MS, and AL.
- Providing financial support and management advice and mentoring for Los Aliados to improve its operations in general and to promote restoration of degraded lands.
- Exploring an initiative with Nature Conservation Research Center (NCRC) in Ghana to promote improved income generation for local communities via improved agroforestry.
N4J AWARDED $250,000 GRANT
News Alert #2!
January 13: $500,000 total for African American farmers. N4J has succeeded in raising $250,000 from two anonymous donors to match the $250,000 William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust award to support our project helping Black farmers adapt to climate change. And we did this all within a week!
News Alert!
January 8: An anonymous donor has contributed $100,000 toward the required match on the $250,000 award.
Other News
We are finalizing our first grants to farmers in Ecuador — via Aliados — with the funds raised from GoFundMe and this website.
We’ve raised a total of nearly $20,000. Please help us reach our target of $25,000.
Our Approach
Build the capacity of a network of in-country partners with a successful history of cost-effectively helping people and conserving landscapes by aggregating small holder farmers and accelerating the process for community action
Access carbon and other ecosystem service markets to support community well-being in alliances with corporations and other outside parties
Promote smart experimentation and rapid evaluation of outcomes to build upon lessons learned, technologies, and resources to complement our partners’ current capabilities
Act as an effective matchmaker between companies, our partners, and community organizations, such as indigenous peoples, farmer cooperatives, women’s groups, credit unions, and religious assemblies who are natural aggregators