R14. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REVENUE PLANS AND INVESTMENT STAGE

No revenue plans

No, but is expected to generate revenue in the next 3-5 years

No, but is expected to generate revenue in the next 2 years

Generating revenue

Initial project scoping

Identify and work with sellers

Baseline and estimate ecosystem service(s)

Identify and work with buyers

Develop business case and financial model

Develop governance structure

Identify and work with investors

Establish legal contracts and closing

Land manager groups, e.g. farm clusters

Ecological

Financial consultancy or trading platform body or certifier / verifier partner Broker financial service provider

The majority of survey respondents (64%) stated that they were either working with more than one intermediary (between them and the source of finance) or with a collaborator. In some cases, the intermediaries are brokers, aggregators or agents. In other cases, the project involves collaboration with other managers of land, water and nature, such as in farm clusters (groups of farm businesses that have agreed to collaborate in order to achieve certain outcomes).

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