Why nature-based solutions?

Cheaper.

NbS are cost-effective and can generate economic benefits for local communities.

For US $9M, Wovoka can finance the restoration of 10,000 acres of terrestrial and mangrove areas in the Philippines, benefiting local communities who are the landholders of the project site.

Our project sequesters, on average, 75,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions yearly for 40 years.

This is equivalent to:

17,850 gas-powered cars driven for a year
8.4-M liters of gasoline
83-M pounds of coal burned
173,640 oil barrels

Faster.

NbS are scalable and have immediate impacts beyond carbon sequestration.

Wovoka has 140,000 hectares of scoping area in the Philippines. Our technology-enabled due diligence protocol allows us to derisk early in the project development process.

Better.

NbS offer multiple co-benefits like biodiversity conservation and community development, making them superior to single-focus technological solutions.

Nature-based solutions are the top opportunity for reducing net emissions by 2030, surpassing wind and solar energy potential combined.

Wovoka is leading high-quality ecosystem restoration efforts in Southeast Asia—cheaper, faster, and better.

We design our restoration work from the ground up, with the help of experienced community leaders equipped with local ecological knowledge.

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We are a team of trained foresters, environmental scientists, and GIS experts who speak the same language as our partner upland farmer organizations.

Our tech-enabled due diligence process combines multispectral drone surveying for land cover identification and community-based historical knowledge to ensure that our baselines are conservative.

This is one of the ways we manage risks early in the project life cycle.

We support the development of sustainable and non-extractive social enterprises run by our local community partners which serve as an alternative source of income to households.