The Last Flying River of the Amazon project represents a transformative opportunity to protect one of Earth’s most critical ecosystems. Flying rivers are essential for maintaining the planet’s water cycle, supporting agriculture, and combating climate change. By valuing these ecosystem services and collaborating with key stakeholders and local governments, this project aims to ensure a regenerative future for all communities, natural system, and the planet.
The Initiative
The Last Flying River of the Amazon project is an initiative aimed at economically assessing, quantifying, and valuing the critical ecosystem services provided by the Amazon’s northern region, the last contiguous stretch of non-degraded rainforest. This vital area generates 20% of the world’s rainfall and 70% of Latin America’s precipitation. The Amazon rainforest, known for its immense biodiversity and carbon storage, also supports "flying rivers"—massive areas of water vapor generated through transpiration and evaporation. These natural phenomena are integral to global weather patterns, food security, and water stability. The region is a biodiversity hotspot and serves as a lifeline for global interconnected systems.
However, degradation of this ecosystem risks catastrophic social, economic, and ecological consequences. Between 1985 and 2021, the Amazon lost an area of rainforest equivalent to three times the size of the UK, with deforestation continuing at alarming rates. This project emphasizes collaboration with local communities, governments, and international organizations to ensure culturally appropriate and sustainable conservation strategies.
The project will be showcased at key global events, starting with the Meeting of the Northern Amazon Country Heads of State in August 2025. Subsequently, it will be presented at COP30 in November 2025 to mobilize international support and additional investment in the protection and restoration of the Amazon.
The Last Flying River of the Amazon
Phase 1 – Up to July 2025
Develop a narrative and financial assessment of the value of the Last Flying River. Outline a market for Amazon nature credits and establish a roadmap for attracting investments. Present findings to the Northern Amazon Heads of State Meeting in August 2025.
Phase 2 - July to November 2025
Develop natural capital credit frameworks. Monitor ecosystem changes and build community capacity. Present results at COP30 in November 2025.
Target investment - Blue Green Future is seeking $1 million for phase one and two. The overall project is seeking $5 million in philanthropic funding.
Can rewilding bison provide a benefit for Indigenous people and investors?
There was once a time when 60 million bison shaped the heart of North America.
The Buffalo Nations Fund (BNF) is building a replicable & self-sustaining framework to benefit all Intertribal buffalo member nations through the Rematriation of Buffalo onto their ancestral lands.
Global demand for nature-backed credits is growing rapidly (carbon, biodiversity, water)
Indigenous nations hold 80% of earth’s remaining biodiversity – and receive <1% of climate finance
United Nations is calling for “Indigenous-Led financial mechanisms” in global environmental frameworks
BNF Goals
Rematriation: Restore buffalo to Indigenous lands by quantifying additional ecosystem services (i.e carbon). Ecological Restoration & Cultural Revitalization: Enhance ecosystem health and biodiversity (i.e water) through buffalo reintroduction and support Indigenous cultural practices by strengthening connections between people and nature. Economic Development: Generate DFI revenue for tribal nations by monetizing the ecosystem services provided by buffalo and land restoration (i.e sovereign carbon securities). Capacity Building: Develop training programs and support systems to benefit all ITBC nations. Sovereignty: Promote Indigenous sovereignty and decision-making in conservation through recognizing tribal sovereignty.
BNF Activation
Location: Blackfeet Nation, Montana
Scope: 30,000 acres restored
First of 100,000 acre wildlife corridor into First Nations in Canada
400 buffalo reintroduced
Soil carbon and biodiversity baselined and monitored
Internal capacity building with tribal trainings
Timeline: 2 years
Outcome: First Sovereign Carbon Security minted in 2026
Catalyzing a Regenerative Future
The Buffalo Nations Fund seeks visionary partners to launch a catalytic new model for tribal adoption, buffalo rematriation, and climate stewardship.
We Are Currently Raising $5m In Catalytic Capital To:
Establish a revolving fund structure that provides seed capital to tribal nations
Institute indigenous-led legal governance frameworks
Mint the sovereign carbon security offering—a first-of-its-kind mechanism for tribal carbon sovereignty
Activate the pilot project in partnership with the blackfeet nation
This is an opportunity to help restore a living system—economic, ecological, and cultural—centered on the return of Buffalo to their ancestral lands.
What You Help Facilitate
By investing in the Buffalo Nations Fund, you:
Enable the first sovereign carbon security offering by Indigenous peoples anywhere on the planet
Help codify a replicable sovereign framework across 90+ tribes
Shape the market rules for a new class of natural capital
Empower Tribes to lead climate solutions rooted in traditional knowledge and sovereignty
Facilitate long-term socio-economic growth and well-being
Develop and implement the first pilot project on 30,000+ acres of land in Blackfeet Nation
Climate mitigation & social resilience in a small island state
The Bahama Banks Blue Carbon Initiative is seeking $50 million in funding via its Blue Venture Mapping Fund to support the development and implementation of the seagrass project. The fund will enable the project to establish a sustainable framework for scaling its blue carbon conservation and restoration across 130,000 km2 of Bahamian Seagrass habitat, while leveraging carbon credit sales to reinvest in the initiative and provide economic benefits to Bahamian communities and resiliency against climate change.
Investment opportunity one: Venture Mapping Fund
Target investment - Up to $50 million
ROI - 25% annually (floor) for 8 years, with an option at year 8 to purchase 2 million carbon credits at a 10% discount or pre-agreed price.
Investment opportunity two: Offtake purchases of Bahamas seagrass carbon credits, insured by Lloyds up to $175 million with PwC as Lead Financial Advisor.
