What We Protect Together Endures
August 2026: Gabon Infini PFP launches, with communities and local institutions setting the terms of their own conservation future. Learn more
May 2026: Namibia for Life PFP launches. Co-designed with communities, the PFP builds on nearly three decades of progress in community-based conservation. Read more.
Building Resilience, Partnerships, and Durability
Enduring Earth is a bold initiative working with all stewards of the environment to protect one billion hectares of lands, ocean, and freshwater by 2030. Since its launch in December 2020, Enduring Earth has worked with local leaders from governments, Indigenous peoples, communities, partners, and funders across 9 PFP initiatives in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Gabon, Mexico, Mongolia, and Namibia, with 10 additional projects underway. These efforts have secured the durable conservation of 245 million hectares - an area larger than Indonesia - and strengthened community livelihoods through inclusive stewardship and sustainable economic development.
Million Hectares of Lands and Waters Conserved in PFPs Since Launch
Local Partners, Indigenous Peoples, Governments, and Funders Engaged
Billion US$ Secured in Durable Financing for People and Nature
PFP Projects Launched Across 4 Continents
Our Story
Nearly two decades ago, the PFP model was adapted from infrastructure finance to conservation, successfully securing lasting protection for 87 million hectares of lands and waters across ecosystems in the Amazon, Costa Rica, Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest, Bhutan, and Peru.
Building on this success and recognizing the model’s potential for global impact, Enduring Earth was launched on December 17, 2020, as a partnership between The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts, World Wildlife Fund, and ZOMA LAB. Guided by the belief that lasting conservation is built on collaboration among local partners, governments, and funders, the partnership advances the PFP model to ensure both nature and communities can thrive for generations to come.
The PFP approach directly links conservation outcomes with economic growth and community resilience, advancing a shared vision for sustainable development.
Guided by Indigenous peoples, local communities, governments, and funding partners, each PFP is built on collaboration and long-term commitment. Enduring Earth is currently partnering with over 150 local organizations and leaders to secure lasting conservation results and strengthen livelihoods.
URGENT AND AMBITIOUS ACTION
With just four years remaining, the world stands at a critical crossroads: accelerating biodiversity loss, intensifying climate instability, and a fast-closing window to realize the ambitious goals set for 2030 all demand urgent and collective action. The time for incremental change has passed. Enduring Earth is working with local partners to rise to this challenge by supporting efforts to protect and restore one billion hectares of lands and waters, to secure lasting impact. Meeting these targets requires finance that is not only robust and inclusive but also able to match the scale and speed demanded by the planet’s crisis.
This moment calls for a decisive shift from short-term, fragmented funding toward long-term, stable solutions that empower local leadership and ensure resilience. Evidence from the PFP model demonstrates the necessity of reliable financial security and governance led by those closest to the land. In countries such as Canada, Brazil, Gabon, Namibia, Kenya, and Mongolia, PFP initiatives driven by Indigenous governments and local communities are achieving measurable restoration and enhanced well-being.
CORE PARTNERS
SUPPORTERS
Delivering 2030 Goals
PFPs are advancing the Sustainable Development Goals and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework:
- Delivering Target 3 (30 by 30), Target 19 (Resource mobilization), Target 22 (Inclusive and equitable governance).
- 6 PFPs secured in 34 years, demonstrating an accelerating pace of impact when partners work together.
- More than US$1.7 billion secured in durable finance for people and nature through 6 PFPs.
- New PFPs include the largest Indigenous-led and Inuit-led conservation initiatives.
SCALING CONSERVATION AND IMPACT
The PFP model outlines a locally-led roadmap to:
- Halt deforestation and conserve vulnerable habitats.
- Revitalize forests, wetlands, rivers, and oceans that have degraded.
- Enhance the leadership of communities to shape conservation initiatives.
- Secure sustainable economies that support resilient and thriving livelihoods.
- Scale nature-based solutions to restore ecosystems at impactful levels
BUILDING A COMMUNITY
The PFP model brings all stewards of the environment together to:
- Achieve lasting conservation and sustainable development outcomes.
- Unite the complementary strengths of founding partners and remove competition for funding and resources.
- Co-develop with Indigenous peoples, local communities, and all environmental stewards, reinforcing shared responsibility in design and implementation.
- Ensure local leadership remains central, supporting scalable models that enable both global collaboration and solutions rooted in the local context.
Innovating for Lasting Change
The PFP approach drives innovation and learning by:
- Supporting peer-to-peer exchanges among practitioners to accelerate creative solutions, promote transparency, and build collective capacity.
- Providing an innovative, comprehensive financial structure by securing all necessary funding commitments upfront.
- Unlocking diversified and sustained investment mechanisms, blending public, private, and philanthropic funding for durable impact and resilience.
- Ensuring co-development with all environmental stewards to advance global collaboration while prioritizing local agency and leadership.
- Linking measurable social and environmental outcomes to sustained funding, ensuring accountability and impact at scale.
NINE SUSTAINABLE FINANCE PROJECTS LAUNCHED
Enduring Earth is currently working alongside the leadership of over 150 local partners to secure durable conservation outcomes and strengthen livelihoods. To date, the initiative has supported the successful launch of 9 PFFs in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Gabon, Mexico, Mongolia, and Namibia, which sustain the conservation of 245 million hectares of lands, ocean, and freshwater - an area greater than Indonesia. Building on this foundation, we are now advancing 10 additional PFPs, with more on the horizon.
Gabon Infini PFP, August 2026, is an initiative led by the Government of Gabon and local leadership to advance conservation, community development, and climate resilience across one of the planet’s most important ecological strongholds, home to more than half the world’s remaining forest elephants, a quarter of its western lowland gorillas, and rich marine life found nowhere else. Over the next decade, up to US$200 million will be mobilized for Gabon to protect and manage its terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems while strengthening livelihoods for communities in and around these landscapes. This is Gabon’s vision, driven by local leadership, with financing built to match their ambition. Learn more
Namibia for Life PFP, May 2026, is the first PFP in Africa. It is a visionary effort will support the lasting conservation of 20 million hectares, more than 24% of Namibia, benefiting over 280,000 people across up to 100 communal conservancies who depend on healthy ecosystems for their livelihoods. Co-designed with communities, the PFP builds on nearly three decades of progress in community-based conservation. The initiative will strengthen natural resource management and local governance while investing in sustainable rural livelihoods, from nature-based tourism and wildlife-friendly products to honey, crafts, and local enterprises that keep income within communities.
Herencia Maya PFP, May 2026, will conserve more than 560,000 hectares of lands and waters, in Yucatán, Mexico, conserving critical freshwater systems that sustain over one million people and protect over 170 miles of mangrove-rich coastline. Led by the Government of Yucatán alongside a coalition of partners, this effort a region defined by its cenotes (underwater springs) and deep ecological heritage, this is about securing both nature and life itself.
ARPA Comunidades PFP, November 2025, was signed at the UN Climate Conference in Belém, Brazil, marking a renewed commitment to conserving the Amazon. Led by the Government of Brazil and a broad coalition of local partners, the initiative will conserve 26 million hectares of the Amazon, adding protection for 3 million hectares of newly designated lands and freshwater ecosystems, while strengthening conservation management across 23 million hectares of existing protected areas. Over the next 15 years, the PFP will enhance community-led conservation by supporting sustainable livelihoods and reducing deforestation pressures across 60 sustainable-use protected areas, directly benefiting more than 130,000 people.
SINAA Qikiqtani PFP, February 2025, marks a historic milestone for Inuit-led conservation. Led by the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, in partnership with the Government of Canada and philanthropic allies, the agreement establishes plans for new and enhanced environmental protections and Inuit governance across 79.5 million hectares of Qikiqtani lands and waters, advancing QIA’s vision for regional conservation.
Northwest Territories: Our Land for the Future, November 2024, enables CAD$375 million to durably conserve 38 million hectares of lands and waters. The PFP will fund Indigenous-led conservation, stewardship, and economic development across the Northwest Territories, and is one of the largest Indigenous-led conservation land initiatives in the world.
Great Bear Sea PFP, Canada, June 2024, secures long-term financing for durable conservation, community-led economic development, and diversification, while ensuring sustained funding for Indigenous Guardian programs. Led by 17 First Nations in collaboration with the Governments of British Columbia and Canada, this co-governance model is projected to create 3,000 new jobs and provide 32,000 days of skills training. Photo courtesy Georgie Lawson Photography.
Eternal Mongolia PFP, April 2024, delivers $198 million in new investments over 15 years for conservation and community economic development, and community-managed practices. The PFP will protect 14.4 million hectares of critical ecosystems, enhance management across 47 million hectares of protected areas, and extend sustainable practices to 34 million hectares of community-managed lands.
Herencia Colombia PFP, June 2022, secures $245 million in public and private financing to permanently protect 32 million hectares of iconic Colombian landscapes and seascapes, with investments in community forestry, tourism, and restoration projects led by Indigenous peoples, rural communities, women’s organizations, and youth.