Access technical support for project development.
Become licensed to operate under the Nakau Programme and develop projects in locations or with communities you have a relationship with.
- Participatory co-design
- Good governance models
- Free, prior and informed consent processes
- Fair and transparent benefit sharing
- Quality assurance for ethical and rights-based 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.
