About Commonland

How does Commonland take responsibility for its work and impact?

Commonland actively ensures transparency and public accountability in its campaigning, fundraising and financial management practices. We release a public report on our economic, environmental and soc ...

How are Commonland and its landscape programmes funded?

We collaborate with philanthropists, investors, and public institutions who support our long-term, large-scale landscape restoration programmes. They contribute to different areas of our work. Our rel ...

How was the 4 Returns framework developed?

The 4 Returns framework was developed by Commonland in close collaboration with leading knowledge institutes, business schools, farmers, and experts and has been successfully tried and tested since 20 ...

What is the 4 Returns framework?

The 4 Returns framework is a practical, holistic approach to landscape restoration that delivers returns to all landscape stakeholders – people, nature, communities and businesses. It enables them t ...

What is Commonland’s mission?

To restore the planet’s degraded land and secure a brighter future for everyone, we must take action now. That’s why we’re on a mission to make holistic landscape restoration the new norm an ...

How did Commonland start?

Our vision – to create a scalable, practical framework that brings stakeholders together to restore large degraded landscapes and secure a brighter future for humanity – holds true today just as i ...