Creating Sustainable Finance for Landscapes

The document details several financial incubators aimed at biodiversity conservation in South Africa. These include the use of tax incentives under the Income Tax Act, biodiversity offsets, carbon payments for grasslands, municipal property rates rebates, and the investigation of green bonds as debt finance instruments. Each incubator provides specific financial estimates for potential funding flows or net benefits ranging from small annual increases to millions of dollars in net present value.

• An incubator focused on the South African Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962, specifically section 37C(1), aims to increase annual finance for threatened species and habitats from approximately $100,000 (R1.4 million) in 2022 to $265,000 (R3.7 million) by 2040.
• The biodiversity offsets incubator, involving Webber Wentzel, Wilderness Foundation Africa, and SANParks, estimates land purchase and management costs will grow from $786,000 (R11 million) in 2025 to $1,930,000 (R27 million) by 2040.
• Carbon payment investments focused on grasslands landscapes and sustainable agriculture have an estimated Net Present Value (NPV) between $14.8 million (R207 million) and $20 million (R280 million), with a benefit-cost ratio of 2:1 to 3:1.
• The application of municipal property rates rebates and exclusions for landscape conservation and sustainable cities could generate net benefits of $4.1 million (R58 million) per year by 2026, stabilizing at $10.5 million (R147 million) from 2028.
• A feasibility study conducted with SANParks and WFA is investigating the viability of Green Bonds as a debt finance instrument to provide a key source of finance for biodiversity conservation.

APA

WWF South Africa (n.d.). Creating Sustainable Finance for Landscapes. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/coalition_finance_solution_incubators_q3_2021.pdf

Chicago

WWF South Africa. Creating Sustainable Finance for Landscapes. n.d. https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/coalition_finance_solution_incubators_q3_2021.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfsouthafricandcreating, author = {{WWF South Africa}}, title = {{Creating Sustainable Finance for Landscapes}}, institution = {WWF South Africa}, url = {https://wwfafrica.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/coalition_finance_solution_incubators_q3_2021.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }