Projects
Lestari Capital
Winrock International partnered with Lestari Capital to provide independent technical advisory services for their initiative, the Rimba Collective, a coalition of global companies investing in landscape-scale climate and nature projects across Indonesia’s palm oil supply chain. Winrock assessed the portfolio’s climate outcomes, monitoring and verification approaches, and reporting practices against leading frameworks and guidance, including […]
Jurisdictional REDD+ Technical Assistance Partnership (JTAP)
As described on the Jurisdictional REDD+ Technical Assistance Partnership website, JTAP is an “initiative to support jurisdictions and their key partners to participate in the highest integrity voluntary carbon markets, and thus catalyze tropical forest conservation and finance at scale. To achieve this, the partnership will provide timely technical assistance to address ongoing audit, issuance, transaction and implementation readiness needs.” JTAP seeks to support the growing number of tropical forest jurisdictions in advancing jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+) programs […]
Support to Bolivia’s Jurisdictional REDD+ Program
Winrock International is supporting Bolivia to advance a high-integrity jurisdictional REDD+ program in the Charagua Iyambae Indigenous Territory that enables the country to access results-based climate finance while strengthening long-term forest governance. Funded by Conservation International, this work focuses on helping government partners meet the rigorous requirements of the Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) program […]
Southern Indiana Farmer-to-Farmer Grazing Project
With funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Wallace Center at Winrock International is working closely with local partners to expand a farmer‑led grazing transition model in southern Indiana to improve water quality and reduce nutrient runoff across the Blue‑Sinking Watershed, which drains into the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Gulf of America. The project builds on existing locally led conservation efforts, scaling […]
WISIONS Innovation Lab in Nepal
The WISIONS Innovations Lab in Nepal project, led by Winrock International in collaboration with PEEDA and RECOFTC Nepal, is a long-term, phased initiative implemented in Baglung and Jumla districts. The project aims to strengthen rural livelihoods through decentralized renewable energy solutions and integrated landscape management. During Project Phase I and II (April 2023 – May […]
Carbon Stock Assessment and Monitoring
The Government of Guyana is among the first national governments to develop a scalable model for protecting and maintaining its forests to help reduce global carbon emissions. These efforts align with the United Nations REDD+ program, which focuses on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, as well as improving forest conservation, sustainable management and […]
Lowering Emissions and Accelerating Finance Technical Assistance (LEAF-TA)
Through the LEAF Technical Assistance Program funded by the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Winrock’s Ecosystem Services team is supporting six jurisdictions: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nepal, and three Brazilian states (Acre, Mato Grosso and Pará), to advance their jurisdictional REDD+ programs and pursue results-based payments for reductions in deforestation and forest degradation […]
Burkina Faso Technical Assistance and Capacity Building to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
Burkina Faso is taking bold steps to combat deforestation and land degradation, which threaten ecosystems, agricultural productivity and rural livelihoods. Building on its long-standing commitment to sustainable land and forest management, the country is advancing a large-scale program to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). This effort aims to generate verified emission reduction […]
Ethiopia Solar Micro-Milling Feasibility Study
The goal of the Ethiopia Solar Micro-Milling Feasibility Study is to demonstrate a revenue model for off-grid village solar micro-milling in Ethiopia. Winrock will identify three communities where residents travel long distances to diesel mills, and work with women entrepreneurs to install and operate 1-3 kW solar-powered grain mills. Over six months, the entrepreneurs will […]