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Earth Innovation Institute partnership
Mercuria is proud to have started partnering
with The Earth Innovation Institute (EII) during
2022.
The EII help states and provinces in tropical
forest regions make the shift to low-emission,
nature-positive, socially-inclusive development.
EII takes a long-term, systemic approach to this ambitious goal, working on the core assumption that broad,
cross-sector awareness within each state or province of the potential benefits conferred by this shift can
drive the collective action and public policy innovation that are necessary for it to take place.
EII’s global team of 35 experts in rural development, carbon markets, geospatial analysis and public policy
has helped fifteen states and provinces in Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia and Peru begin their transitions to
climate- and nature-friendly development. EII was chosen as the lead partner by ten states and provinces in
these countries who are members of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force to support the
participatory design of low-emission development plans and investment strategies.
Earth Innovation Institute, incorporated as a non-profit charity in California, is one of the co-authors of the
regional,
