WATERSHED OUTCOMES BANK


Innovative financing mechanisms to create a public and private funding portfolio for forest and watershed restoration

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Watershed Outcomes Bank Overview

Project Overview


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

Innovative Financing

Creating new funding mechanisms that connect environmental outcomes to financial investments.

Measurable Impact

Quantifying environmental benefits through rigorous monitoring and verification protocols.

Program Components


Restoration Bank

Funding, financing, & accounting hub to implement impactful projects across the Eldorado.

Sustainable Funding

Creating long-term, sustainable funding for restoration projects at scale.

Implementation

Local partners implement prioritized projects based on optimized project outcomes.

Monitoring

Rigorous scientific protocols to quantify & verify environmental outcomes.

Watershed Outcomes Bank