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NATURE-BASED ENTERPRISES GUIDEBOOK

This guidebook helps to clarify what is a nature-based enterprise, how to find skilled and experienced nature-based enterprises and how to stimulate and support the start-up, financing and growth of nature-based enterprises. 

FINANCE AND BUSINESS MODELS GUIDEBOOK

This guidebook introduces the topic of financing and business models for nature-based solutions, identifies some common challenges and enablers to financing and presents a step-by-step guide to securing financing.

The Nature-Based Solutions Business Model Canvas is an easy-to-use tool to help you capture in a visual format the business model of your Nature-Based Solution (NBS). This guidebook supports cities in using the NBS Business Model Canvas. Further supports available to cities planning NBS include an introductory Webinar on ‘Financing, Business Models and Governance of NBS’ and an on-site facilitated workshop.

THE NATURE-BASED SOLUTION BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS AND GUIDEBOOK

Other resources

Access a wide range of guidebooks, academic papers, tools and resources developed in collaboration with other partners in Connecting Nature.