What we do

We concentrate on three key areas that promote systemic change globally: unlocking landscape and bioregional finance, guiding decisions that connect people and nature, and advancing the field.

At PCL, our direct service work is deeply connected to our commitment to system change. Because we bring decades of experience in landscape governance, finance, and advising on integrated approaches, we can identify and pursue high-leverage interventions —the moments, partners, and projects that have the potential to transform how landscapes and bioregions are

governed and resourced. We collaborate with partners potentially influential in systems change, including local and regional partnerships, investors, companies, government agencies, and key service organizations, that are modeling the innovations the field needs to scale.

At the same time, we provide strategic support to the broader multi-organizational initiatives that are building the global architecture for transformation. This dual focus allows us to deliver services at both levels: helping bold place-based initiatives succeed, and ensuring that the systems built to support them are grounded, effective, and scalable.

  • We help climate and nature funding reach the people who need it most.

    Persimmon Co-Lab designs, supports, and advocates for innovative financing solutions that channel climate, biodiversity, and development investments directly to frontline communities and coalitions.

    Our work includes:

    • Building tailored finance strategies for landscape partnerships and regional platforms.

    • Helping values-aligned investors and companies adopt landscape-based approaches.

    • Unlocking capital flows that improve livelihoods, regenerate nature, and strengthen climate resilience.

  • We equip leaders and institutions to collaborate, plan, act, and adapt effectively.
    We strengthen governance and decision-making systems that make landscape and territorial approaches operate at scale.
    Our work includes:

    • Facilitating learning and planning towards improved governance.

    • Designing learning systems and impact assessment at different scales. 

    • Developing and sharing learning cases and decision-support frameworks.

  • Connecting practitioners and researchers globally in a community of practice to accelerate innovation, learning, and application.  

    • Convening practitioners and researchers to explore wicked problems and creative solutions

    • Mobilizing publication of thought leadership by members of the community to catalyze learning, debate, and innovation

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