Funding update: $1.4 billion flows into conservation in Q1

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Publicly announced conservation funding in Africa added approximately $1.43 billion In the first quarter of 2026, driven largely by long-term, system-level investments. The largest commitment is a $1 billion woodland restoration initiative in Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania and Malawi, targeting 675,000 hectares over 40 years.

• A further $200 million was committed to conservation in Gabon under a Project Finance for Permanence long-term funding model for rainforest protection and nature-based economic development in the Congo Basin. 

• Additional funding include $122 million for South Africa’s water restoration bond, $73.4 million in biodiversity grants, $17.6 million for conservation payments, $16.5 million for re-greening in Ghana and $1.94 million for Tanzania’s basin restoration.

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