06 / NATURAL CAPITAL
What if nature was the crop?
Farming Nature is based on a simple idea: if we can measure ecological improvement, we can begin to give it economic value.
Male is working with The Landbanking Group and its Landler platform to measure changes in the landscape’s natural capital and explore how verified ecological improvement can help finance continued restoration.
Male is working with The Landbanking Group and its Landler platform to measure changes in the landscape’s natural capital and explore how verified ecological improvement can help finance continued restoration.
THE LANDSCAPE · PHOTOGRAPH FROM NORTH KENYA FIELD SCHOOL
THE LANDSCAPE · PHOTOGRAPH FROM NORTH KENYA FIELD SCHOOL
MEASURE WHAT MATTERS
MEASURE WHAT MATTERS
The land keeps the score.
The land keeps the score.
Landler combines satellite, remote-sensing and field data to establish ecological baselines and track natural capital over time. At Male, the aim is to understand whether management is genuinely improving the landscape’s health and resilience — rather than simply claiming that it is.
Landler combines satellite, remote-sensing and field data to establish ecological baselines and track natural capital over time. At Male, the aim is to understand whether management is genuinely improving the landscape’s health and resilience — rather than simply claiming that it is.
LANDLER PLATFORM EXAMPLE · THE LANDBANKING GROUP · NOT MALE RESULTS
LANDLER PLATFORM EXAMPLE · THE LANDBANKING GROUP · NOT MALE RESULTS
FROM ECOLOGY TO ECONOMICS
FROM ECOLOGY TO ECONOMICS
RESTORE → MEASURE → VERIFY → VALUE → REINVEST
Making nature economically productive.
Making nature economically productive.
Measured and verified ecological improvement can potentially become something businesses and investors are willing to pay for. Restoring soils, water, vegetation and biodiversity could generate value alongside tourism, livestock and other activities.
Measured and verified ecological improvement can potentially become something businesses and investors are willing to pay for. Restoring soils, water, vegetation and biodiversity could generate value alongside tourism, livestock and other activities.
Revenue from nature can then be reinvested into the landscape — the economic loop at the heart of Farming Nature. This is a proposition being tested, not a promise of returns.
Revenue from nature can then be reinvested into the landscape — the economic loop at the heart of Farming Nature. This is a proposition being tested, not a promise of returns.
THE LANDBANKING GROUP
THE LANDBANKING GROUP
Turning ecological change into evidence.
Turning ecological change into evidence.
The Landbanking Group is Male’s natural-capital partner. Its Landler platform provides infrastructure to measure, manage, monetise and report natural capital — connecting ecological evidence with the potential to finance restoration.
The Landbanking Group is Male’s natural-capital partner. Its Landler platform provides infrastructure to measure, manage, monetise and report natural capital — connecting ecological evidence with the potential to finance restoration.
AN EMERGING MARKET
AN EMERGING MARKET
A market still being built.
A market still being built.
Natural-capital markets are young. Their long-term scale and value are not yet known. Male is not betting on a finished market; it is helping test whether the people who restore and maintain functioning natural systems will eventually be paid for doing so.
Natural-capital markets are young. Their long-term scale and value are not yet known. Male is not betting on a finished market; it is helping test whether the people who restore and maintain functioning natural systems will eventually be paid for doing so.
Farm cattle. Farm crops. Farm nature.
Farm cattle. Farm crops. Farm nature.
The question is whether all three can become economically productive uses of land.
The question is whether all three can become economically productive uses of land.