Nature & Biodiversity
Nature and biodiversity support critical ecosystems services: regulating climate, providing clean air and water, protecting coastlines, and supporting livelihoods and cultural activities. Abt Global works with partners around the world to protect, restore, and sustain the habitats, natural resources, and species that people rely on. Together, we restore ecosystems exposed to oil or hazardous substances; improve resilience and address climate risks; repair habitats degraded by improperly designed infrastructure; protect mangroves, seagrass and aquatic carbon sinks; catalyze investments in the blue economy; and advance nature-based carbon markets. We tailor our approach to local, environmental, and cultural needs, and co-develop nature and biodiversity solutions with the communities whose intimate knowledge of their land and ecosystem are at the heart of meaningful and sustainable conservation and adaptation measures.
Expertise
- Nature-Based Solutions
- Ecosystem Protection and Restoration
- Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services
- Blue Economy
- Climate Finance
Clients Include
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs
U.K Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
U.S. Department of the Interior
Our Work
Collaborative investor management to lower barriers to climate and disaster risk finance in 11 Eastern and Southern Caribbean countries
Large and innovative coastal habitat restoration effort to reconnect the Mississippi River to Louisiana wetlands
Facilitation of $24 million in clean energy lending in West Africa and Latin America via technical assistance to banks and a USAID loan guarantee
Connections of smallholder Egyptian farmers with domestic and international buyers to generate jobs and raise farmer incomes
Habitat Equivalency Analysis tool to determine the amount of restoration acres needed to counterbalance degraded wild rice habitats
Restoration of the cultural and ecological services lost due to mining contamination for seven Tribes in northeastern Oklahoma
Our Experts
Insights
5 Ways Better Governance Can Help Fix the Nature Crisis
We consistently undervalue nature and its benefits; here are five ways we can address underlying governance issues to help ensure nature is better protected.
Climate Finance and Nature-based Solutions
Tradeoffs in Habitat Value to Maximize Natural Resource Benefits From Coastal Restoration in a Rapidly Eroding Wetland: Is Monitoring Land Area Sufficient?
This article compares the benefits of shallow open water areas to emergent restored wetlands in Coastal Louisiana to explore restoration ecosystem benefits.
How Can Mexico Engage Rural Stakeholders in the Fight Against Climate Change? We Have Some Examples
Abt helped Mexico facilitate decarbonization by helping communities gain economic value from sustainable forestry, agriculture, and ecosystem conservation.
Why Climate Should be the Beating Heart of the U.S. Strategy in the Pacific
Abt’s Satyendra Prasad and Eric Reading unpack why building long-term climate resilience should be central to the U.S. strategy in the Pacific.
UK Can Help Supercharge Small Island Developing States’ Efforts To Build Sustainable Blue Economies
The UK can make better use of its pre-eminent finance position to bring innovative funding to the challenges that Small Island Developing States confront.
2023 UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28)
Abt was proud to join governments, the private sector, civil society, frontline communities, and others at the 28th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) to accelerate climate action.