As many of you know, next week the world descends on New York for Climate Week - a moment of collaboration, optimism, commitment, and traffic.
The summer has brought some of New Leaf's most enriching and exciting work to-date. Like the forests around us, we've been busy growing - strengthening our roots with a new office in New York, stretching out our branches into new regions, gathering resources that can fruit into new strategies, and building reserves for the future as the seasons roll on and opportunities emerge.
Thank you for your continued support as we work together to address the dual threats of climate change and biodiversity collapse. By sharing market intelligence and fostering collaboration, we hope to ensure the system is on a sustainable trajectory. And if you are heading to NYC, please do look us up for a coffee.
To the next set of milestones!
Harry, Greg, and Mike
New Research - Timberland Forests
We are excited to share Module 2of our 2024 US Land Restoration Demand Assessment. The second release in this series delves into timberlands - the central pillar of America's climate-smart land use future.
New Leaf's research builds on our 2023 Forest Nursery Assessment, which provided a comprehensive analysis of the US seedling supply chain.
Watch this space for Module 3 on Agroforestry - exploring the soil, water, and financial drivers of this emerging force for land restoration.
We hope our analysis helps contextualize the opportunities and challenges that you all encounter - especially heading into a week of solutions and ambitious commitments.
This grant will support a nursery loan guarantee program for agave restoration in Arizona and New Mexico to address native seedling supply challenges.
The initiative aims to provide native agave seedlings for restoration plantings, delivering long-term ecological benefits starting in the Gila and Coronado National Forests.
Investing in Resilient Communities in Missouri
We've also teamed up with local partners in Missouri to evaluate financing strategies that fit local project needs - from native grasses on grazing land to sawmill infrastructure to incentivize shortleaf pine forestry.
Thanks to the support and vision of the Community Impact team at Edward Jones, our work combines investing in climate-smart small businesses, with understanding bigger picture questions around the type, scale, and access to resources communities need to build resilient, sustainable and inclusive economies.
Field Updates
Our time out on the road exploring new projects and engaging with our friends, peers, clients, and investors continues apace:
New Leaf congregates in New York next week to maximize our coverage - shuttling from Brooklyn Navy Yard to the Bronx and beyond - we hope to see you somewhere in there.
Jake and Harry then set off for the Land Trust Alliance Rally in Providenceto talk about how to define and finance an ever-increasing pipeline of land restoration and conservation projects.
Harry and Greg will be spending some quality time down in Florida for the Biennial Longleaf Conference on the 8th-11th October.
Kunsang expanded our forest carbon market analysis through the Carbon Collaboration Workshop hosted by Dovetail Partners and the US Endowment in Montgomery Bell State Park, Tennessee.
Harry dug deep into agroforestry project design and implementation at the Expanding Agroforestry Projectworkshop in Ithaca.
Greg enriched our stakeholder collaboration and alignment at the Volgenau Climate Initiative event in Nebraska City.
Mike attended the Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle, WA, meeting with local and state leaders on financing nature restoration in the region.
Frank led the completion of site preparations for the Bella Vista restoration pilot project, and is looking ahead to the upcoming planting season in the late fall.
