Post by Marios Michaelides

I loved doing this interview with Siôn Lawrence-Geschwindt on how we are making nature conservation investable to tackle it's biggest and most unspoken off challenge- cashflow. Nature conservation is a cashflow business. Infact 60% of reserves in Africa suffer from cashflow shortages. This means they cannot pay staff or maintain critical infrastructure. Unfortunately, particularly in our modern fragmented landscapes, nature reserves need active management. If patrol vehicles cannot fill diesel or holes in fences go unmended, reserves quickly slip into decay. Often this results in poaching and human wildlife conflict skyrocketing. To us, finding a long term solution is our priority, one where nature can finance it's own protection in perpetuity. AMES Foundation, Dr. Marlon Braumann, Jan Hildebrand, Christoph Rösler, Lea C. Henzgen, Thomas Hanke, Philipp Bönig, Gioia K. M., Simon Brunke