Eden: People+Planet’s Post

We're pleased to share that Eden CEO Bryan Adkins is participating in an important conversation this week at the 2025 AVPA Conference in Nairobi (African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA) ). The exclusive roundtable, "Investing in Nature's Future: Building Investment Pathways for a Nature-Positive Future," brings together CEOs, investors, and development leaders to address how different forms of capital can work together to enable community-centered landscape restoration across Africa. Africa holds extraordinary potential for nature-based climate solutions, from the Miombo woodlands to coastal mangroves to montane forests. Yet mobilizing the capital needed to protect and restore these critical ecosystems at scale remains a persistent challenge. This roundtable, hosted by the African Natural Capital Alliance and FSD Africa in partnership with Building Bridges, creates space for strategic dialogue about practical pathways forward. As a philanthropic grant-making organization, Eden brings a unique perspective to these conversations. Through our strategic partnerships with implementation organizations across Africa, we've seen firsthand that effective landscape restoration requires patient philanthropic capital for community engagement and capacity building, rigorous partner evaluation to ensure comprehensive outcomes, transparent stewardship that builds donor confidence, and strategic collaboration among funders, implementers, governments, and communities. Our 20-year history has taught us that different organizations excel at different roles. By connecting philanthropic capital with best-in-class implementation partners, we can achieve landscape transformation at greater scale. Events like this roundtable are essential for building the partnerships and pathways that will enable Africa's communities to thrive in restored landscapes. We're grateful to ANCA, FSD Africa, and Building Bridges for creating this platform, and we look forward to continuing these important conversations with fellow leaders committed to mobilizing capital for nature. #NatureBasedSolutions #PhilanthropicCapital #LandscapeRestoration #AVPAConference #ANCA #FutureProofingAfrica #NaturePositiveFuture #AfricanNaturalCapital #ClimateAction African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) FSD Africa Building Bridges African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA)