Assisted Natural Regeneration in Action: Lessons from NatureRe's Antioquia Project
Host: Olivia Gumbel, NatureRe
About This Session
Join the Nature Tech Collective for an insightful conversation with NatureRe about their pioneering pilot project in Antioquia, Colombia, where they're demonstrating how Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) can transform degraded cattle ranching land into thriving forest ecosystems. This session will showcase how NatureRe has built a scalable business model that bridges investors seeking impact with communities benefiting from forest restoration.
Olivia will share the journey of NatureRe's 700-hectare pilot project that began as a test case in 2014 and now serves as the foundation for their approach to forest restoration across Colombia and beyond. Learn how they've developed a "low intervention, high impact" methodology that harnesses nature's own regenerative power while creating sustainable livelihoods for local communities.
Key Topics We'll Cover
Assisted Natural Regeneration in Practice: Discover the spectrum of restoration approaches and why ANR represents an optimal middle ground between passive recovery and active planting for tropical ecosystems
Science-Driven Land Selection: Explore NatureRe's rigorous 17-variable process for identifying suitable restoration sites that considers legal, ecological, and commercial factors
Measuring Restoration Impact: Learn how NatureRe establishes baselines and monitors progress through camera traps, on-site measurements, and third-party verification aligned with VERRA methodology
Community Transformation: Hear how former cattle ranchers are becoming forest rangers and how NatureRe's HEART social strategy is creating additional value streams beyond carbon credits
Financial Innovation: Understand how NatureRe structures investments between "project creation investors" and carbon credit off-takers to make forest restoration financially viable
Technology Partnerships: Discover how Nature Re is working with Treeconomy to scale their approach from pilot to landscape-level implementation
Who Should Attend
Project developers seeking proven models for nature restoration
Investors interested in high-integrity carbon removal projects with social co-benefits
Corporate sustainability leaders looking for high-quality forest carbon credits
Conservation practitioners interested in low-intervention restoration approaches
Technology providers developing solutions for ecological monitoring and verification
Anyone interested in the intersection of carbon markets, community development, and forest restoration
Part of the "Measurement and Implementation" Series
This session is part of NTC's content arc focused on "Measurement and Implementation" - exploring how nature tech solutions are deployed in the real world and what it takes to scale their impact effectively.
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