Regenerative Fund for Nature

The Good Growth Company develops scalable models that connect landscape restoration with more sustainable supply chains. Over three years, the project has supported the development of a Rangeland Regeneration Toolkit, tested across over 342,000 hectares, integrating community organization, ecological science and sustainable business practices to promote rangeland regeneration and long-term livelihoods for Mongolian herders.

In India’s Satpura-Pench Tiger Corridor, Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network works with COFE, SRIJAN and WWF-India to transform cotton farming — the backbone of the local economy. By introducing Wildlife Friendly® fiber certification and promoting regenerative practices, the project is helping create a corridor that connects protected tiger reserves through farmland and forest. This approach supports endangered species, helps reduce human-wildlife conflict and boosts economic livelihoods.

Established in India in 2022, Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) is working to shift conventional cotton farming toward organic and regenerative practices — recognizing the potential of organic agriculture to benefit both people and the planet. OCA projects are testing innovative techniques such as using biochar — a carbon-rich soil enhancer that also helps store carbon —for carbon credit payments, making bio-based pesticides from local materials and helping farmers plant multiple food crops in the same field to improve soil health, while diversifying their income.

In Pakistan, OCA is implementing a three-year project across Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, aiming to support conventional cotton farmers in transitioning to organic and regenerative practices across 10,000 hectares. The project focuses on improving seed availability, farmer training, and securing market commitments from brands. It will replicate successful approaches from OCA’s India programs, emphasizing soil health, biodiversity conservation and reducing synthetic inputs.

Launched in summer 2024, this project aims to improve soil health by reducing synthetic inputs — such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This can improve crop yields, while also restoring degraded land around cotton farms to create new wildlife corridors and reduce human-wildlife conflict. By 2027, the goal is to support over 2,000 cotton farmers with regenerative farming and restore up to 32,000 hectares of degraded land.

Solidaridad works with Creole and Indigenous smallholder cattle producers to promote sustainable management of grazing lands in Argentina’s Gran Chaco biome to promote more sustainable grazing. Established in 2022, the project uses a regenerative silvopastoral production model — integrating trees into livestock grazing areas — to restore degraded landscapes and support resilient livelihoods.

From 2022 to 2024, the project operated on eight pilot farms across 11,159 hectares, managing 5,540 animals, mainly goats. The first phase demonstrated that regenerative models can help protect high-value natural areas while improving farm profitability. The second phase, launched in 2024, expanded to 15 pilot farms and focuses on measuring ecosystem services, improving animal welfare, reducing chemical use, building a regenerative leather value chain, enhancing traceability and supporting the scalability of regenerative farming through local networks.

From 2022 to 2024, Wildlife Conservation Society worked with communities across 300,000+ hectares in Patagonia to shift livestock management practices toward more regenerative outcomes. Age old practices, like using guard dogs to naturally deter predators, were combined with certification systems, ecosystem monitoring and price premiums for regenerative and wildlife-friendly fibers to create a comprehensive landscape-based approach. The project has been extended for three years.

Epiterre works to improve biodiversity and environmental health by increasing fodder crop diversity and demonstrating the ecological and economic benefits of regenerative practices. Partnering with a small-scale cooperative of livestock breeders, the initial objective was to sow 200 hectares of sainfoin, a nutrient-rich forage crop. In 2024, the focus shifted to scaling the project and clearly communicating the environmental and financial benefits of regenerative practices.

Conservation South Africa, a Conservation International affiliate, has launched an expansive and ambitious effort to help rural farmers graze their livestock in ways that allows the land to rest and recover. In 2024, the project expanded to include six grazing associations, aiming to help farmers profitably enter the wool market. From 2021 to 2023, the project improved management on 13,000 hectares and helped two associations gain direct access to the South African wool market, increasing herders’ incomes.