Surveying the Iwokrama Reserve, 370,000 hectares
of pristine rainforest within the Guiana Shield photo (c) Samantha James
valuing the world's rainforests
Canopy Capital was established in 2007 to drive capital to the rainforest canopy.
Canopy Capital has created an investment template for first-movers in an emerging market for Ecosystem Services. These include rainfall generation, moderation of extreme weather, carbon storage and biodiversity maintenance.
These services benefit humanity at local to global scales. If they are lost, there will be severe impacts on food, energy, and environmental security.
Putting a price on these services is like taking out an insurance policy to maintain our life support system and has the potential to generate billions of dollars for forest-owning nations.
