AMES Habitat Fund
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Who said rewilding couldn't be a good investment strategy?
To rewild at the scale needed to meet the target of conserving 30% of earth by 2030, we need to rethink how we value & invest in nature.
We invest in nature because we believe it to be more profitable left wild, for all generations to come.
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The Habitat fund will secure and rewild biodiverse real estate using only nature-positve businesses.
Rewarding impact investors while creating the conditions for wilderness to thrive, sustainably.
In every landscape, exists an opportunity for value creation.
An entrepreneurial approach is applied to design business solutions specific to each unique ecosystem.
In collaboration with the communities co-existing alongside the wild spaces.
We invest in Africa because of its magnificent natural potential.
Africa is home to 8 of the world’s 34 biodiversity hotspots and holds one-fifth of all known species of mammals, birds, and plants.
It also holds the only intact megafauna populations in the whole world.
But that opportunity could be lost if we don't act quickly enough.
"Climate change alone could cause the loss of 50% of African bird and mammal species over the next 75 years"
- World Bank
How the fund works
Donors
Blended finance obtained by investors and donors through distributors and specialist partners
Impact investors
Sponsors
Funding
The habitat fund is housed in a limited fund based in Luxembourg.
The fund works with local specialist partners to identify threatened habitats with significant impact potential in Sub-Saharan Africa
Habitats are assessed for impact potential on 6 pillars
1) Biodiversity
2) Community
3) Infrastructure
4) Legal
5) Commercial
6) Magnificence
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Land secured through purchase or leasing in conjunction with local communities and venture partners
SPV's established for respective Nature positive business models in location country eg. South Africa
Real estate
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Eco tourism
Carbon
Renewables
Biocredits
Debt financing is provided by local and international banks on SPV/project level
Debt
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Deliver investor returns through asset appreciation and recurring revenue streams.
Work with local partners to rewild and develop the land to maximise value in each of the impact verticals.
SDG's we are tackling
Our partners
Sponsors
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Structuring
Local community liason and venture partners
Biodiversity credit development partners
