Innovative financing mechanisms to create a public and private funding portfolio for forest and watershed restoration
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The Watershed Outcomes Bank is a pioneering strategy to conservation finance in the HELP landscape. This approach creates a market-based mechanism to fund large-scale watershed restoration by enabling strategic investment by federal, state, and other funders in priority forest resilience outcomes. Based on HELP’s ability to quantifies the ecosystem services provided by restoration projects, the Outcomes Bank es leverages credible data to create financial incentives for conservation and restoration activities
Creating new funding mechanisms that connect environmental outcomes to financial investments.
Quantifying environmental benefits through rigorous monitoring and verification protocols.
Funding, financing, & accounting hub to implement impactful projects across the Eldorado.
Creating long-term, sustainable funding for restoration projects at scale.
Local partners implement prioritized projects based on optimized project outcomes.
Rigorous scientific protocols to quantify & verify environmental outcomes.