Nature Finance - For Nature & Communities
“Isonde” means 'Earth' in Bemba.
Based in Zambia, Isonde is purpose-built to unlock large-scale, high-integrity nature finance for impactful conservation and community outcomes across Southern Africa.
Isonde brings extensive technical expertise spanning commercial investment structuring, nature conservation, and community engagement. Our strategic partnerships also provide jurisdiction-specific investment expertise across Southern and eastern Africa.
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Our Approach
We use the Forever Wild Initiative’s landscape ecology and impact framework, which integrates key functional and biodiversity elements into a unified financial framework.
The framework serves as the foundation for shaping investment pipelines and portfolios for nature.
We work hand-in-hand with community-based partners to strengthen institutional resilience, expand access to finance, and promote sustainability through nature-based enterprise models. This ensures each delivery partner meets investment-grade specifications as a key component of the investment value chain.
We partner with public, private, corporate and institutional investors to streamline capital deployment, enhance transparency, and ensure genuine, measurable outcomes for nature and communities.
Our work also offers new ways to deploy and manage CSR finance.