Amazonia

Blended Finance: Unlocking Funding for Sustainable Businesses in the Amazon

Blended Finance: Unlocking Funding for Sustainable Businesses in the Amazon

When structured effectively, blended finance can connect entrepreneurs who need support with investors who care about impact. To make this model easier to understand, NESsT has created an infographic that clearly shows how blended finance works in practice and highlights its role in the Amazon impact ecosystem. This visual tool breaks down complex financial ideas into simple language, making it valuable for entrepreneurs, policymakers, partners, and anyone interested in advancing the Amazon bioeconomy through innovative financing. 

NESsT Joins Conexsus, IDB, and Green Climate Fund to Scale Enterprises from the Sociobioeconomy Across the Pan-Amazon Region

NESsT Joins Conexsus, IDB, and Green Climate Fund to Scale Enterprises from the Sociobioeconomy Across the Pan-Amazon Region

NESsT announces today that it has joined the Sustainable Connections Institute (Conexsus), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in AmazonBeEco, an unprecedented four-year initiative to support the sociobioeconomy in the Pan-Amazon region.

Technology Meets Traditional Knowledge in the Amazon’s Socio-Bioeconomy

Technology Meets Traditional Knowledge in the Amazon’s Socio-Bioeconomy

Many community-based enterprises in emerging sustainable socio-bioeconomy value chains lack the means and infrastructure to adopt digital monitoring and communication tools to track forest conservation and improve their production processes. With support from Cisco Foundation, in 2021, NESsT launched a search for early-stage technology enterprises that provide sustainable livelihoods to underserved communities and regenerate the environment. Read more about the initiative learnings here.

The Methods Behind NESsT’s Study to Bring Local Perspectives to Bioeconomy Financing Discussions

The Methods Behind NESsT’s Study to Bring Local Perspectives to Bioeconomy Financing Discussions

This blog delves into the methodology behind NESsT’s publication to improve the targeting, accessibility, efficacy, and efficiency of investments in the Amazon bioeconomy; it homes in on NESsT’s firm intention to bring local voices to global discussions around Amazon bioeconomy funding and explores how NESsT anchored the publication in authentic narratives and diverse Amazonian contexts while tailoring the message for the international financing community.