Projects for Nature is a platform accelerating a movement to support nature by connecting businesses and other donors with projects to close the finance gap and to fund recovery projects across England.
Please have a look at Projects for Nature for projects looking for funding at projectsfornature.com.
There are 100 river catchment partnerships in the UK. They are the organisations best placed to work on improving nature and the ecosystem where you live. Typically a catchment partnership includes organisations such as The Rivers Trust, Wildlife Trust, Farming groups, the local EA coordinator, water companies and other local nature based charities.
For more information see catchmentbasedapproach.org.
I4N has been working with the Adur & Ouse catchment Partnership and The Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust throughout the development of I4N. We are now working with OART to understand the mechanisms of how money will flow into live projects including The River Adur Adaption Project and how that money generates beneficial ecosystem outcomes over time.
This project will take place on two high flood risk zones along the River Wey and will focus on Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions that can be delivered at scale across river catchments.
NFM aims to restore the natural functions of rivers and water courses through techniques including creating storage ponds and installing leaky dams to help reduce flood risk downstream. As part of the project, we are working with seven farms located between Tilford and Guildford on the River Wey. We will be investigating the potential to secure private investment into delivering NFM interventions.
This project will see Surrey Wildlife Trust support eight landowners in the Lingfield area to develop a scalable farm cluster governance model, thus enabling farmers to enter the natural capital markets collectively, and helping them access public and private funding opportunities.
Natural capital markets harness the power of markets and private investment to deliver nature-based solutions to environmental and social problems. These markets could include selling carbon units from woodland creation or biodiversity units from a habitat bank, among other options. Through entering these the markets, the farm cluster would be able to have a greater impact, thus accelerating nature’s recovery.
As a new funding company Insure4Nature will not have £m’s of funds available from the outset – but we hope it will rapidly grow as customers buy our products. In 2025 we will work with 5-6 landmark projects with Projects for Nature and catchment partnerships.
As our business and customer base expands we will be able to provide more money into local projects so that you know your home insurance money is being spent on nature restoration close to where you live. Money will be allocated based on clear plans in place with the Projects for Nature and catchment partnerships and by the number of policies being taken up in different regions of Britain.
* As a simple guide we estimate approximately 10% of your insurance premium will be invested in nature restoration projects. The remainder is taken up by government taxes, servicing your insurance policy and invested by the insurance companies to cover claims.
We hope at least £150k will be spent on 5-6 projects in 2025