Coordinators gain full access to the methodologies, tools and support systems for project development.
Each project coordinator also brings their own unique skills and approaches that strengthens the conservation or carbon project.
An NGO coordinator can become licensed to operate under the Nakau Programme and develop projects in locations or with communities they have a strong relationship with.
They follow the Nakau Programme, including participatory co-design, good governance, FPIC and fair benefit sharing. But can incorporate their own approaches too.
Nakau provides an additional layer of quality assurance so all partners and projects follow ethical development standards.
Spotlight coordinator: Natural Resources Development Foundation (NRDF)
NRDF is an independent NGO based in the Solomon Islands who became a Nakau partner in 2012. With access to the Nakau Programme’s methodology, tools and systems, NRDF set out to develop a forest carbon project with the Sirebe Tribe on Choiseul.
The Sirebe Tribe, as part of the Babatana Rainforest Conservation Project, became the first Solomon Islands tribe to start trading on the voluntary carbon market, giving the community much-needed income and giving NRDF sustainable finance to support projects for 30 years.
With the Nakau Programme, a percentage of carbon credit sales go to local partner organisations like NRDF, which allows them to reduce their dependence on donors. NRDF are now expanding the project in Choiseul to include more tribes and protect more rainforests.
