Big Nature Impact Fund

Defra is launching a competition to appoint a Fund Manager for the Big Nature Impact Fund (BNIF), a proposed public-private blended finance vehicle with up to GBP 30 million public investment. In the England Trees Action Plan, Defra committed to create an impact fund which could leverage private finance into new natural capital markets for carbon, water quality, biodiversity, natural flood alleviation and other ecosystem services. In Summer 2021, Defra launched a Request for Information to seek market insight on th...