#zero-deforestation-finance
Issues, solutions, and case studies for zero-deforestation-finance
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Issues 1
#00113Reversing forest loss through restoration is bottlenecked by fragile, donation-dependent funding
Stopping new clearing doesn't bring back what's already gone. Restoration requires decade-long funding for maintenance and monitoring, but most relies on grants and CSR that track budget cycles rather than tree timelines — so projects stall, planted trees go unmaintained, and sur
Solutions 1
#00115Fund reforestation from the surplus of a profitable consumer product, locked so it can't be diverted
Run a consumer service (e.g. ad-funded web search) at a profit, ring-fence the surplus for vetted reforestation partners, and lock the pledge into a mission-protected ownership structure so it can't be quietly cut during downturns or ownership changes.
Case studies 1
Ecosia GmbH, paying local planting/restoration partner NGOs · since 2009 · Global
Ecosia (Berlin, founded 2009) earns ad-click revenue from search results syndicated via Bing/Microsoft and Google, and channels its surplus into reforestation by paying local planting and restoration partner NGOs across…
Search advertising revenue (ad-click share via Bing/Microsoft and Google); no external equity investors · 3 sources