N4C Weekly Brief | Top nature headlines during Davos in 2025

What date is it again? If anyone had the feeling 2025 would come as a quiet one, think again. We are barely one month into the year and already navigating a wave of climate-focused developments. When deciding how to frame the article below — good news first or bad?— we realized that, in today’s world, the two are inextricably linked.

Take, for example, the momentous contrast between political and corporate actions. At nearly the same time that President Trump took office in the US and announced he is backstepping their climate commitment under the Paris Agreement, the private sector sent a strong signal we can still move forward. This was notably evidenced at the conclusion of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, where over 3,000 leaders from various industries and governments gathered to discuss actions for funding and advancing sustainable economic development— with tackling climate change and reversing nature loss at its core.

We summarized the major Davos' discussions about a more nature-positive economy here.

?? Top Nature News:

• There’s surprising common ground in the debate over carbon markets: Here’s where to find it [Commentary] - Trellis
• Farmland in England to be reduced by more than 10% under government plans - The Guardian
• Asian investors can benefit from early-mover advantage in nature investments: fund manager [Commentary] - South China Morning Post
• Can communities living side by side with wildlife beat Africa’s national parks at conservation? - The Guardian
• We must challenge demand for critical minerals, says UN special rapporteur - Climate Home News

?? Good News:

Native trees, local wildlife thrive under Philippine tribes’ ‘rainforestation’

Indigenous Manobo communities in the southern Philippines have implemented “rainforestation” projects, combining the cultivation of native tree species with coffee farming to restore degraded forestlands. This approach not only revitalizes ecosystems but also supports local wildlife, including the critically endangered Philippine eagle, and provides sustainable livelihoods for the community members.

??SPOTLIGHT - Naturally Opinionated

In recent months, TNC has completed polls to evaluate voter support for natural climate solutions in three key geographies: U.S., Canada and Brazil. Across the board, the polls found strong support for natural climate solution actions to mitigate climate change:?

• 94% of voters in the US and 84% of voters in Canada support expanding strategies to protect, better manage and restore our forests, grasslands, and wetlands to store more carbon and fight climate change.
• In Brazil, 66% of voters—across the political and socioeconomic spectrum—support spending public money to expand nature-based solutions for climate change in the country.

A new Global Insights feature highlights the results and summarizes the key takeaways.

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NCS IN THE REAL WORLD- Amazonian Platform For Forests, Climate, and Human Wellbeing

WHERE: ECUADOR

TYPE OF NCS SOLUTION: MANAGE?

A collaborative agreement among the six provinces of the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Amazon of Ecuador.?In the first phase, three provinces are managing 11 million acres of?forest, Ecuador's?largest biological corridor of continuous forest, sequestering 2.3 billion tons of carbon. READ MORE.

??Ecuador has the opportunity to mitigate approximately 22.4 MtCO2e/yr by 2050 if it meets its potential for avoided forest conversion, climate-smart forestry, and reforestation.

See more details on the potential for natural climate solutions on?N4C's naturebase platform and find examples of real projects using the N4C case study map.

??? For Your Information:

weADAPT shares a study reviewing the role of nature-based solutions (NbS) in economic recovery, highlighting their potential to generate income and enhance community resilience while addressing biodiversity and climate challenges.?

SEI, in partnership with AIPP, WWF, and more, releases a brief on advancing Indigenous Peoples’ rights for inclusive and sustainable environmental governance in ASEAN.?

ScienceDaily publishes new research forecasting some of the changes that may occur in the Amazon rainforest as temperatures rise due to climate change.?

Conservation Finance Alliance launches the third round of its incubator, which seeks to identify, support and promote innovative ideas and solutions to conservation finance challenges that have significant positive conservation impacts.?

TNC and Conservation International launch BC+, an initiative that aims to conserve and restore up to 16.9 million hectares of blue carbon ecosystems.?

BirdLife International shares a new report finding that Europe’s ecosystems could store about 13 billion tonnes of carbon; matching global annual CO? emissions.?

World Resources Institute publishes a statement supporting the UK’s ambitious new climate plan.??

Crowther Lab covers a new study on the patterns behind tree longevity and identifies four dominant life strategies, providing critical insights for biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation.?

Conservation International announces that the USD 35 million US and Indonesia debt-for-nature swap was finalized.?

?? Nature Jobs & Opportunities:

• Head of Programme Management Office - Global Canopy
• Project Manager - American Farmland Trust
• National Policy Director? - American Farmland Trust
• Outreach Forester, Family Forest Carbon Program - American Forest Foundation
• Tribal Liason Manager - American Forest Foundation
• Land Enrollment Specialist - American Forest Foundation
• Manager, Food and Forests, Climate and Food - Ceres
• Senior Manager, Monitoring & Evaluation - Conservation International
• Project Manager, Carbon Pricing - Environmental Defense Fund
• Conservation Science Fellow - National Wildlife Federation
• Director, Hispanic Conservation Leadership Council, HECHO - National Wildlife Federation
• Senior Officer, Conservation Support, Conservation Finance - Pew Trust
• Principal Associate, U.S. Conservation, Pacific Campaigns - Pew Trust
• Officer, Program Management, Enduring Earth - Pew Trust
• Upland Restoration Program Manager ?- TNC
• Washington Forest Manager - TNC
• Director of Climate Action - TNC
• Lab Manager - Soil Ecology - The Land Institute
• Aquaculture Impact Investing Specialist - WWF

??? Highlighted Event

Finance for Biodiversity: Information Webinar for Financial Institutions hosted by Finance for Biodiversity Foundation - Date: 19 February

?? Check more nature-related events here.

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