Okavango supports Conservation Businesses in East and Southern Africa to achieve their full conservation impact and commercial potential. Okavango is a commercially minded investor: we firmly believe that only commercial success will enable conservation efforts to match the scale and pace of change that is needed to address the conservation crisis.
The practice of Conservation-Lens Investing involves:
The practice of Conservation-Lens Investing involves:
- Identifying Conservation Businesses that lack the time, expertise or resources to fulfill their conservation potential.
- Providing specialized value-addition to steer them towards maximum profit, enhanced social and environmental impact, and minimum harm for priority ecosystems.
Conservation Businesses are fast growing companies with the capacity to disrupt unsustainable human behaviors that cause environmental degradation. They are typically concentrated in three sectors:
- Food security
- Climate technologies
- Nature tourism
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