Actors / NGO · United States
The Nature Conservancy
Appears in 22 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belize blue bond | Lender (via subsidiary) | Belize | 2021–2041 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| BP Deepwater Horizon: the spill, the court cases and the recovery claims | Recipient of BP funding | United States | 2010–2031 | Oil spill |
| Coral reef parametric insurance, Quintana Roo | Co-designer of the cover; author of the July 2026 case study | Mexico | 2018–2026 | Insurance, liability and compensation funds |
| Biomas restoration initiative | Nature NGO; director Sérgio Rial was chairman of Santander Brasil when it co-founded Biomas | Brazil | 2022 | Carbon credits |
| El Salvador debt-for-nature swap | Not named for this transaction; a JPMorgan executive sits on its board | El Salvador | 2024–2025 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| Nature Conservancy gas drilling on Texas City Prairie Preserve | Landowner and driller | United States | 1995–2014 | Protected area / relocation |
| Sengwer evictions from Embobut forest and the EU Water Towers programme (Kenya) | Water fund overlapping Embobut | Kenya | 2014–2024 | Protected area / relocation |
| Gabon debt-for-nature swap | Sponsor of the project | Gabon | 2023 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| TNC Hawaii coral reef parametric insurance | Policyholder | United States | 2022–2026 | Insurance, liability and compensation funds |
| Bahamas debt-for-nature swap | Conservation organisation involved in the transaction | Bahamas | 2024 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| Palau National Marine Sanctuary | Donor group member; former employer of the Agriculture Minister; Micronesia director named in the bill | Palau | 2015 | Protected area / relocation |
| Bezos Earth Fund: first grants and SBTi funding | Recipient of $100m (first round) | United States | 2020–2026 | Carbon credits |
| Barbados debt-for-nature swap | Guarantor (US$50m) | Barbados | 2022 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| Mosaic settles US hazardous-waste case over phosphogypsum handling | Conservation organisation listing Mosaic as a corporate partner | United States | 2015 | Waste management |
| Pará state pre-sold 12 million REDD+ credits; federal prosecutors sue to cancel | Named by the MPF as having a conflict of interest | Brazil | 2023–2026 | Carbon credits |
| Bloomberg, Steyer and Bezos money shapes coal and nature campaigns | Environmental group that received Bezos Earth Fund money | United States | 2008–2026 | Oil, gas and coal operations |
| Seychelles 2016 debt-for-nature swap listed among TNC Nature Bonds | Runs the Nature Bonds programme that lists the Seychelles pilot | Seychelles | 2016 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| Kenyan water-tower forest evictions followed a 2018 killing by forest guards | reported water fund operator | Kenya | 2016–2024 | Protected area / relocation |
| US Senate probes Nature Conservancy land sales to its own trustees | Organisation whose land sales were the subject of the inquiry | United States | 2003 | Protected area / relocation |
| TNC chief scientist urged conservation groups to partner with companies | Employer of Kareiva; Dow Chemical partner; subject of the essay | United States | 2011–2015 | Tanker / shipping |
| Nature Conservancy began $10 million partnership with Dow Chemical in 2011 | conservation group; cooperation partner | United States | 2007–2021 | Tanker / shipping |
| Bolivian carbon scheme claimed 55 million tonnes; review found at most 5.8 million | conservation group; set up the scheme with BP | Bolivia | 1997–2010 | Carbon credits |
Appears alongside
US International Development Finance Corporation ×3Inter-American Development Bank ×3Credit Suisse (now UBS) ×2BP ×2US Department of Justice ×2US Environmental Protection Agency ×2Munich Re ×2Swiss Re ×2Hannover Re ×2European Union ×2Kenya Forest Service ×2Bezos Earth Fund ×2Dow Chemical ×2WWF ×2The Coca-Cola Company ×2Government of BelizeAlectaTransoceanHalliburtonAnadarko PetroleumMOEX (Mitsui Oil Exploration)Cameron InternationalWeatherfordJupiter Insurance Ltd (BP captive)Ranger InsuranceLloyd's of LondonChubb Global MarketsHouston CasualtyDeepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment TrusteesNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationUS Securities and Exchange CommissionU.S. PIRGNOAAAfirme SegurosGrupo Financiero BanorteQuintana Roo state governmentCoastal Zone Management Trust (Quintana Roo)BiomasValeItaú UnibancoMarfrigRabobankSantander (Brasil)SuzanoJPMorgan ChaseCAF (development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean)Mobil OilRussell Sage FoundationGovernment of KenyaWorld BankMinority Rights GroupForest Peoples ProgrammeUN special rapporteursBank of AmericaGovernment of GabonGabon Blue ConservationWTW (Willis Towers Watson)Standard CharteredAXA XLGovernment of PalauScience Based Targets initiativeWorld Resources InstituteCIBC FirstCaribbeanThe Mosaic CompanyGovernment of ParáFederal Public Prosecutors' Office (MPF), ParáLEAF CoalitionAmazonBayerH&MWalmart FoundationBloomberg PhilanthropiesSierra ClubWyss FoundationClimateWorks FoundationConservation InternationalFederal Election CommissionGlobal Environment FacilityUnited States SenateUCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Terms used on this page
Places and local terms
- Conservancy (Kenya)
- In Kenya, land managed by a community or private owners for wildlife alongside grazing, often with outside partners.
Carbon and conservation finance
- Carbon credit
- A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.
- Debt-for-nature swap
- A deal in which a government's debt is bought back or refinanced at a discount, and part of the savings is committed to conservation.
Bonds and banking
- Guarantee
- A commitment by a third party, often a development bank, to pay if the borrower does not.