Conservation opportunities come to +Nature at different stages. Some are ready for structured project development. Others need more evidence, stronger partnerships, or further definition before they should move forward.
Our role is to help determine what is ready, what is missing, and what the responsible next step should be.
We work selectively where +Nature can add a clear & accountable role.
NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE VESSEL STRIKE AVOIDANCE
Stage: Funding Decision
+Nature helped develop a multi-partner project designed to reduce vessel-strike risk for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales through near-real-time acoustic detection and mariner alerts.
The proposed project brings together conservation, science, technology, vessel-awareness, and data partners around a defined North Carolina deployment.
+Nature’s role is focused on project coordination, implementation support, evaluation, partner alignment, and helping connect technical outputs to conservation outcomes.
A full funding proposal has been submitted. Implementation is contingent on an award and subsequent execution agreements.
Forests across North Carolina face increasing pressure from development, industrial biomass, and other competing land uses.
+Nature is working with landowners and conservation partners to explore practical ways of keeping ecologically important forests standing. That begins with understanding the property, the landowner’s goals, the conservation value at stake, and what would make long-term protection financially realistic.
Current work is focused on landowner conversations, project definition, and identifying potential pathways for support. Depending on the property, that could eventually include philanthropy, public funding, conservation partnerships, or other forms of nature finance.
The goal is not to force every property into the same solution. It is to determine what can credibly protect the land while working for the people who own and steward it.
FOREST PROTECTION & LANDOWNER ENGAGEMENT
SELECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
Not every opportunity we explore becomes a +Nature project.
We stay connected to emerging conservation opportunities while the science, partnerships, governance, funding, or project structure develops. Deeper engagement begins only when +Nature can hold a clear and accountable role.