Practitioner’s Toolkit for Nature-Positive Enterprises

This resource is a toolkit on Nature‑Positive Enterprise (NPE) development. It introduces key concepts, practical tools, and real‑world examples to help practitioners design and support enterprises that deliver both conservation and livelihood benefits.

This resource is ideal for:
-Conservation practitioners and programme staff
-Enterprise and livelihood officers
-NGOs supporting community‑based or market‑based approaches
-Partners engaging in value chain or market systems development
-Students or professionals interested in nature‑positive economies

The course provides a step‑by‑step understanding of key NPE principles, partnership building, market engagement, and enabling conditions for nature‑positive business models. It helps users strengthen their capacity to design, assess, and support enterprises that are environmentally sustainable, socially equitable, and financially viable.

An organization might use this resource to…
-Build staff skills in market systems thinking and enterprise development
-Support partners with nature‑positive business models
-Support project teams in applying NPE approaches in the field
-Improve programme quality by aligning interventions with NPE standards
-Enhance collaboration between conservation, livelihood, and market actors