Innovative Finance for Conservation in Gabon

Date Awarded 12/2021 Amount Granted $30M Programs Conserving & Restoring NatureandEconomics, Finance, & Markets Partners Enduring Earth, Government of Gabon with other potential partners to be selected in the planning Countries Gabon TheEnduring Earth collaborationwill provide critical deal capital to close a Project Finance for Permanence (PFP) in Gabon. This investment will help achieve protection of 30% of its forests, freshwater, and oceans with significant biodiversity and climate/carbon stock benefits while ensuring permanent financing and benefits to local communities through supporting an economy based on conservation and sustainable forest management. Protecting Gabon’s forest and freshwater systems is an important piece in advancing consolidation of the Congo Basin, a critically important region for the planet’s climate and biodiversity.