Enabling investment in natural capital

Nature North is an innovative collaboration of nature conservation groups, protected landscapes, government agencies and funders, working to develop new approaches to private and blended finance for nature recovery in the North of England.

Together with local government, businesses, educators and sectors with a material interest in nature recovery, Nature North is developing investable propositions and building a strategic nature investment strategy for the region.

Nature North’s approach builds on the success of two existing pan-northern nature recovery programmes: the Northern Forest and the Great North Bog.

Nature North’s five new investable propositions for northern nature recovery are evidence-based, developed by cross-sector partnerships and include strong involvement of the nature delivery sector, ensuring the propositions are credible, equitable and relevant. Nature North is also working on spatial evidence tools for nature recovery and mechanisms for funding, building pipelines of projects and developing a collaborative community of organisations and businesses across the North.

Photography: Paul Hobson