On a special episode of The Cultivo Podcast, Cultivo co-founder and CEO Manuel Piñuela speaks with Mark Tercek, former CEO of The Nature Conservancy, current Cultivo Board Member, and landscape regeneration luminary, about the concept of “nature as infrastructure,” and the many services healthy ecosystems provide.

Manuel and Mark also discuss:

• The countless ecosystem benefits healthy landscapes provide society.
• How investment in natural infrastructure – like watersheds, forests, and grasslands – often benefits rural economies.
• How investing in natural infrastructure is often the smartest and most cost effective move governments and businesses can make.
• How ascribing financial value to nature helps bring support from people and organizations who might not have otherwise supported regeneration and conservation efforts. 
• And much, much more.

Links:

Mark’s website: https://marktercek.com/

Mark’s book, Nature’s Fortune: https://islandpress.org/books/natures-fortune#desc

Mark’s newsletter, The Instigator: https://marktercek.substack.com/

The Nature Conservancy: https://www.nature.org/en-us/

The Ministry of the Future: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kim-stanley-robinson/the-ministry-for-the-future/9780316300162/

Cultivo and our project partners work on ecosystem regeneration projects across the globe. If you’re interested in learning more about our projects, building a portfolio of high-quality natural capital projects for investment, or accessing high-integrity nature based carbon removal credits with Cultivo, we invite you to get in touch with our team.

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