2 April 2026

Nick Oakes, Co-Founder of Impact Earth and a 2025 Lab proponent, wrote an op-ed in ImpactAlpha on the crucial funding gap faced by early-stage nature-based projects in the Amazon biome. As deforestation accelerates and climate tipping points loom, these projects could help protect the biome but are held back by a funding gap, especially for investments under USD 10 million. He points to solutions like Impact Earth’s Amazon Biodiversity Fund, which invests in smaller-scale projects, and shows how targeted funding and support can help them scale and deliver benefits for biodiversity, communities, and the global climate.