Nature sustains life. However, we are facing unprecedented nature loss and accelerating climate change that is impacting human lives as well as wildlife and wild places. Saving nature and the biodiversity of our planet will help us mitigate and adapt to climate change, improve our quality of life and help species and habitats thrive.
The next decade is crucial. Policies are being put in place, commitments made by countries and companies, solutions developed, investment made. However, these are not at scale, the quality and integrity of solutions are in doubt, commitments are yet to be fulfilled and investment is not reaching where it can most add value.
We have a small window of opportunity to stop the destruction of nature and curb temperature rise to 1.5C – to save our planet and its biodiversity, including the human population.
Dragonfly advises investors, NGOs and corporates to invest in ventures, projects and strategies that protect nature, mitigate climate change and benefit communities on the frontlines.
The focus is on system-level action – guiding investment, advising on strategy and building alliances and coalitions to:
Dragonfly works closely with partners to:
Dragonfly Advisory is founded by Kavita Prakash-Mani, a conservation and sustainability expert with 25 years of experience working with civil society, companies, coalitions and consultancy across geographies from Singapore to the US.
Currently, Kavita advises Wollemi Capital, a global climate investment firm, on climate impacts across nature and technology solutions.
Kavita is on numerous boards and councils. She is a Board Member of the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (IC-VCM), TARA Climate, TRAFFIC, The Circulate Capital, and Chair of the UN Live’s Sounds Right Expert Advisory Panel.
Kavita supports and mentors a number of leaders setting up new ventures and initiatives in support of sustainable development.
Kavita has worked with NGOs as CEO for Mandai Nature in Singapore and SE Asia, and Global Conservation Director for WWF International. She catalyzed and founded the Southeast Asia Climate and Nature-Based Solutions (SCeNE) Coalition. Kavita worked in sustainable agriculture as Executive Director of Grow Asia (a World Economic Forum initiative focused on smallholder farmers) and Global Head, Food Security Agenda at Syngenta International. She worked on corporate sustainability as Executive Director, SustainAbility in London; and Associate with the World Resources Institute in Washington DC. 