Six ways to increase funding for freshwater species and ecosystems
Why does freshwater conservation receive so little funding, and how can we fix it? Six key findings from the Abu Dhabi Freshwater Roundtable.
From pledges to action: Land tenure commitments take centre stage in London
The nature that upholds all life is protected every day by Indigenous Peoples and local communities around the world. Their leadership is essential to a healthy planet and a just future. As leaders gathered at St James’ Palace to discuss how momentum towards COP30 can channel pledges into action, Synchronicity Earth calls on funders to [...]
“This is the reality”: What Indigenous leaders need us to hear
If we want to create a liveable future for all beings, it’s vital we listen to Indigenous voices, which too often go unheard. That’s why we hosted a Listening Session at The Sidebar alongside the Skoll World Forum, creating a space for influential individuals to pass the microphone to Indigenous representatives, and instead take [...]
How can philanthropy step up in light of cuts to overseas aid?
A new report advises how private funders can better support Indigenous Peoples, women, and youth, in light of governmental aid cuts.
From pledges to practice: How can environmental funding be more effective?
During New York Climate Week, Maliasili and Synchronicity Earth launched a report ‘From Pledges to Practice: Shifting Conservation Funding Approaches to Better Support Local African Organizations’.
Funding Together: Pooling resources for conservation
Given the many challenges of funding, pooling resources so funders can work together is opening a collaborative future for environmental philanthropy.
The funding dilemma: How do we turn pledges into action?
In 2021, at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, a group of environmental conservation donors made a historic $1.7 billion pledge to support Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' forest guardianship. But getting conservation funding to lndigenous or local community-led groups can be a challenge, particularly for larger funders. Commissioned by the Ford Foundation on behalf [...]
Towards better climate funding: centring Indigenous Peoples and local communities
“Money earmarked for Indigenous people that sits in a bank because of worries about Indigenous ‘capacity’ is water sitting in a locked fire hydrant while a city burns down because you’re worried the firefighters can’t handle the job.” This is how Tapestry Institute’s Standing Our Ground for the Land: An Indigenous Philanthropy describes a key [...]
A long-term commitment to our ocean: the Neptune Fund
There is an urgent need for increased long-term funding to support effective ocean conservation action. Mainstream ocean conservation efforts struggle to halt and reverse the decline in ocean health, while the ocean’s most reliable custodians—the people and communities who have long depended on it for sustenance—have often been overlooked and disenfranchised in efforts to [...]
Rethinking African conservation funding
“The most important things in the world that need doing cannot be done by large organizations. They will be done by many, sometimes hundreds, sometimes even thousands of smaller groups.” So said Andrew Steer, CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund, when the new fund made a pledge to spend $10 billon to tackle climate [...]