Investing for Good to work with North Devon UNESCO Biosphere

Investing for Good is working with North Devon UNESCO Biosphere to promote green growth and investment in the area while raising well-being for local communities through nature based solutions.

The North Devon UNESCO Biosphere’s CRF programme has two linked elements - the Green Biosphere, focused on woodland, regenerative agriculture and agritech; and the Blue Biosphere focused on offshore wind, aquaculture. marine biodiversity and ‘blue carbon’. Both elements have strong skills development and job creation elements as well as plans to redirect private investment into the area.

The programme will offer solutions for economic development and raising wellbeing for local communities through innovation projects in nature – on land and at sea.

Investing for Good will support North Devon UNESCO Biosphere's ambitions to raise £50 million of private sector investment into the environment and potentially create up to 1300 new jobs by 2026.

The North Devon UNESCO Biosphere is a UNESCO protected area because of its unique ecosystem. It is one of 730 Biospheres globally, that together cover 5% of the earth’s surface and are home to ¼ billion people. The Biosphere Foundation is the non-profit trading arm of the Biosphere focused on testing and proving new nature-based economic models and then scaling them regionally, nationally and even internationally