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Ponterra has been awarded the Constellation Grant by Yale Planetary Solutions to better understand how naturally regenerating seedlings can be harnessed to meet restoration goals more effectively.
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Ponterra announced a new project finance loan and partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, the world’s largest nonprofit organisation dedicated to planting trees. The loan represents one of the first project finance investments from the Arbor Day Foundation’s mission driven investment initiative, the Arbor Day Impact Fund.
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Ponterra, the vertically integrated reforestation company restoring degraded land in Panama and Mexico, announced a USD 270,000 project finance loan from Fondo Nimbus. The loan is the first known financing vehicle to integrate biodiversity credits alongside carbon credits.
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A company that’s making nature restoration an integral part of the fight against climate change, Ponterra develops and operates large-scale reforestation projects that deliver both carbon credits and tangible social benefits.
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The chief executive of carbon-removal startup Ponterra has found herself in some unexpected positions as the company she founded works to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, from helping to count species of moth to meeting leaders of an indigenous tribe in Panama, one of the locations where her company operates.
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8 months of due diligence and tens of millions in early-stage financing will help restore 10,000 hectares of tropical forest in Panama.
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Investors in carbon credits have withstood greenwashing scandals and sagging prices. Now there are finally signs of a turnaround.
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Microsoft Corp has struck a deal to buy 1.6 million carbon removal credits from what the developers say is one of the largest fully financed nature-based removals projects in Central America.
The 10,000 hectare project in Panama is part-financed by Microsoft, which is one of the largest corporate buyers of credits, and aims to remove 3.2 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by planting over 6 million trees in areas degraded by cattle ranching.
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A lot of farmers want to get out of this [cattle] business, and this becomes a really attractive way for them to shift,” said Celia Francis, chief executive of Ponterra, which will on Wednesday announce a 30-year contract with three institutional buyers for carbon credits from its first reforestation project. “We’ve made a decision to lease the land, which means that the farmers continue to be stewards of the land,” Francis added.
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It’s clear that Ponterra’s work goes beyond environmental restoration—it’s about setting a precedent for how we value and interact with our planet. Through collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to both local and global benefits, Ponterra is charting a path toward a sustainable future that honours the planet and its people.
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