News archive

Dutch Postcode Lottery doubles contribution to Commonland

This was announced during the Goed Geld Gala 2019. Read our press release here.

Hope in a Changing Climate

Environmental film maker and our ambassador John D. Liu explains that it is possible to rehabilitate large-scale damaged ecosystems.

De Telegraaf: “Dutchman leads fight against European desert”

Dutch newspaper 'De Telegraaf' reported on our efforts against desertification in Spain.

Rabobank: “Landscape restoration saves more than just farmland.”

An interview with our CEO Willem Ferwerda on the importance of landscape restoration and the necessity of impact investors.

Commonland granted 1.39 million euro for restoring South Africa’s Baviaanskloof

This announcement was made by the Dutch Postcode Lottery in anticipation of the Goed Geld Gala 2018. Read here our press release.

4 Returns, 3 Zones, 20 Years: A Holistic Framework for Ecological Restoration by People and Business for Next Generations (2015)

The first report on the 4 Returns has been published in 2015 by IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and Willem Ferwerda, founder Commonland.

Royal address on sustainability by Willem Ferwerda

“As an ecologist and an entrepreneur, I am here to address what I see as the core of all sustainability: recovering our relationship with nature, our ecosystems.” Read the Royal address on sustainability, presented in September 2017, here.