Nature Based Solutions and Carbon Projects

We originate, develop and manage nature-based solutions and carbon projects. 

About

Pollination Nature Projects has deep technical expertise and commercial capabilities in nature-based solutions (NBS) and carbon markets.

 

We are a nature-based carbon project developer, building high-integrity solutions across Asia and Australia’s most critical ecosystems and landscapes. From forestry to blue carbon to agriculture, we have a diversified portfolio of projects that deliver measurable environmental and social impacts and deliver durable, investment-grade carbon assets across compliance and voluntary markets.  

From origination, project development and asset management to finance and implementation, measurement and reporting, marketing, contracts and trading, our team is uniquely placed to assist you. 

Our expertise: 

  • Project scoping, pre-feasibility & feasibility assessments 
  • Carbon Project Design Documentation (PDD) 
  • Spatial mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) & integrated machine learning 
  • Project-level carbon accounting & carbon modelling 
  • Financial modelling & commercial viability assessments 
  • Facilitating carbon credit offtake and raising carbon finance 
  • Community engagement (in-country consultation, planning and FPIC design & implementation) 
  • Natural capital & carbon policy assessments (including Article 6 frameworks & implementation) 

Our Projects

  • Rai Matak

    A community led agroforestry project in Timor-Leste that is now scaling up nationally to plant more than 10 million trees in collaboration with 20,000 smallholder subsistence farmers.

  • Delta Blue Carbon

    A public-private partnership across 350,000 Ha on the south east coast of Sindh, Pakistan. The Delta Blue Carbon project is the largest mangrove restoration project globally.

Our Leadership Team

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Phil Cohn

Managing Director, Head of Carbon

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Phil Cohn

Managing Director, Head of Carbon

Phil has 19 years’ experience in carbon markets, renewable energy, electricity markets and innovation. He combines technical knowledge with strong commercial, transactions and strategy skills to deliver complex projects in environmental and energy markets. Phil leads Pollination’s Carbon and Nature project development and investment group, overseeing a global team building a pipeline of large-scale nature based solutions projects. Prior to joining Pollination, Phil was COO at a clean energy start-up where he led corporate development and partnerships with ASX200 clients, energy buyers and retailers. Phil was formerly an Investment Director at the Australian Renewable Energy Agency where he led the Agency’s distributed energy, demand response and grid integration investment priorities. Prior to this Phil founded RAMP Carbon which provided project development, trading and advisory services to blue chip clients in the Australian and European carbon markets.

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Ratri Wakeling

Executive Director

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Ratri Wakeling

Executive Director

Ratri is a corporate finance and investment professional with experience in the renewable energy, sustainable infrastructure and real estate sectors, having worked in Europe, Australia and Asia. She has worked for Greentech Capital Advisors (now Nomura Greentech), an investment bank solely focused on sustainable infrastructure sectors, providing M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory services. She previously served as a Director in Sahid Group, a publicly-listed Indonesian investment holding firm, responsible for capital structure optimisation and operations of its portfolio of companies across hospitality, education, commercial real estate and healthcare sectors. Ratri started her career as an engineer at Tenix Group (now Downer EDI) working across its aerospace and infrastructure divisions.

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Jock Buchanan

Executive Director

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Jock Buchanan

Executive Director

Jock has spent his career leading deals across energy and carbon investment opportunities. He is experienced in leading complex deals and is passionate about investments in nature at scale as a pathway for tackling the challenges of climate change and natural capital. Prior to joining Pollination, Jock led Business Development for Shell Nature Based Solutions in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. In this role he was responsible for the origination, negotiation and execution of carbon investments. He brings to Pollination the strategic, commercial and operational know-how to deliver a broad range of opportunities across the carbon value chain. Jock holds a Bachelor of Engineering (UNSW) and an MBA from London Business School.

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Contact Us

If you are seeking support with the development of your project or you are seeking access to the highest quality NBS carbon credits or project investment opportunities, please contact us.