New findings from the funding partnerships
As part of its funding activities, Somaha Foundation together with its funding partners share new findings from joint projects with the public. Two findings are currently available on the topic of nature protection:
1) Brainforest - Multistakeholder Report 2025
Brainforest has published its latest Multistakeholder Report 2025. The report highlights the financing models and investment strategies required to make nature-based solutions sustainable in the long term. These are economically viable approaches that leverage natural processes to protect biodiversity and conserve ecosystems.
Based on interviews with leading investors, founders and scientists, the report identifies the most important trends and fields of innovation. A key finding is that nature-based solutions remain significantly underfunded , despite their crucial role in addressing the climate and biodiversity crisis.
The report particularly highlights the potential of technology-based solutions that protect and enhance biodiversity. Investments in regenerative agriculture and soil health play an important role, as they stabilize natural habitats and contribute to long-term biodiversity restoration.
In addition, AI-supported biodiversity monitoring enables impact measurement and helps scale investments into biodiversity-friendly projects. However, for these approaches to be successfully implemented on a large scale, new investment models and greater collaboration between financial institutions, policy makers and innovators are needed.
The complete Report is available here: Multistakeholder Report 2025.
2) Aqua Viva - Handbook for regional fundraising
Aqua Viva has created the Handbook for Regional Fundraising, a compact and accessible guide for nonprofit organizations, particularly for local interest groups (IGs) involved in the IG Lebendiger Fluss project. The aim is to simplify access to regional funding sources.
The handbook focuses exclusively on institutional fundraising - the fundraising of organizations from institutions such as foundations, companies, public funds or government agencies. It provides a structured overview of potential funders and offer guidance on how meaningful funding applications can be structured: from the first contact and proposal development to follow-up engagement and long-term relationship with the funding partners. The handbook also includes practical tips on how to approach funding partners in a targeted manner and useful platforms for researching funding opportunities.
The complete Handbook is available here: Handbook for Regional Fundraising.
Information about other Somaha knowledge products is available on the Somaha website under Activity.
Image: ©Brainforest Association
Image: ©Benjamin Kuratli
