Nature in communities

Belgium 🇧🇪

In 2024, Amazon contributed €1.1 million to support the creation of Belgium’s newest national park, National Park Brabantse Wouden. Recognized by UNESCO for its ancient woodlands that have been unchanged since the Ice Age, the park stands as one of Europe’s most intact forest ecosystems. The funding will help restore woodlands, enhance biodiversity and climate resilience, and open up more of the park for people to experience nature. As part of the project, five innovative Belgian companies received a total of €150,000 to pilot new technologies—for example, an AI-driven non-invasive insect monitoring system and visitor-movement analytics—that advance nature conservation and public engagement.

France 🇫🇷

From 2022 to 2025, Amazon contributed €3 million to the Fonds Nature 2050, created by CDC Biodiversité, to accelerate ecological restoration and biodiversity protection across France. The program supported 31 on-the-ground projects to restore more than 200 hectares of natural spaces over time, including forests, wetlands, and urban green areas. Together, these initiatives aim to strengthen ecosystem resilience, help cities adapt to climate change, and enhance quality of life for local communities—advancing long-term nature restoration efforts in line with France’s national biodiversity goals.

Germany 🇩🇪

In 2024, Amazon contributed €1 million to support the KARUNA social cooperative’s Tiny Forests project, a three-year initiative designed to boost Berlin’s climate resilience through the creation of compact urban forests. The initiative is establishing 20 “tiny forests”—each roughly the size of a tennis court—planted with native species that help absorb rainwater, reduce the risks of flooding and heatwaves, and enhance biodiversity. These urban green spaces also serve as open-air classrooms, offering local communities hands-on environmental education and a closer connection to nature. 

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Germany 🇩🇪

Since 2020, Amazon has supported The Nature Conservancy’s Urban Greening program in Germany through €2.9 million. This multi-year project applied nature-based solutions—including tree planting, wetland restoration, and pollinator-friendly landscaping—to reduce flood risk, cool urban areas, and support biodiversity. The project aims to demonstrate scalable models of urban resilience that can be replicated across cities in Germany and beyond.

Ireland 🇮🇪

In 2023, Amazon contributed nearly €3 million to a multi-year project with The Nature Trust to restore 500 hectares of degraded Atlantic blanket bog in west Ireland. The work will re-establish climate-smart peatland habitats by enabling bog-forming mosses to thrive, reducing carbon emissions, and improving ecosystem resilience. In 2024, Amazon supported the launch of Ireland’s first voluntary Peatland Standard for farmers and landowners—creating a method to verify carbon, biodiversity, and water-benefit outcomes, and unlock future restoration financing.

Italy 🇮🇹

In 2021, Amazon contributed €2 million over three years to support Parco Italia, a national urban forestry initiative with a goal to plant 22 million trees across 14 metropolitan areas—one for every resident. Through Amazon’s contribution, around 76,000 trees and shrubs were planted, including new urban green spaces from Venice and Motteggiana in northern Italy, to Chieti and Pescara in Abruzzo, and Monterotondo near Rome. Parco Italia aims to strengthen Italy’s network of green infrastructure, expand biodiversity, improve air quality, and enhance cities’ resilience to climate change.

Netherlands 🇳🇱

Since 2023, Amazon has contributed €2 million to support North Sea Farm 1, the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm located between offshore wind turbines. Led by North Sea Farmers, this multi-year initiative explores how large-scale seaweed cultivation can contribute to climate action by absorbing CO₂, and restoring marine biodiversity. The seaweed grown can also be used to make food, packaging, textiles, and other everyday products—helping replace materials made from fossil fuels and supporting a more circular economy. In 2025, the project achieved its first seaweed harvest, marking a key milestone in developing scalable, science-based methods for seaweed farming that could be replicated across Europe’s coastal waters.

Poland 🇵🇱

In 2025, Amazon contributed more than €1 million to restore vital wetlands in Kampinos National Park, 41 kilometres northwest of Warsaw. The three-year project is expected to revitalize 500 hectares in the eastern part of one of Europe's largest forests. Amazon’s support will help transform degraded wetlands into thriving natural spaces, protect 12 endangered species (including wolves, elk, and lynx) from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, and create new opportunities for its 1.3 million annual visitors to experience nature.

Spain 🇪🇸

In 2024, Amazon contributed €2.2 million to support Arco Verde, a green ring around Madrid. The multi-year initiative will span approximately 200 kilometres, connecting the metropolitan area with natural spaces across 25 municipal districts. Amazon’s grant supports the planting of 24,000 trees and shrubs, the restoration of over 16 hectares of habitat, and the development of 14 kilometers of walking and cycling paths, including a new 60-meter footbridge over the Henares River. This initiative is actively contributing to the conservation, biodiversity, and rewilding of Madrid's urban and suburban communities.

Spain 🇪🇸

In 2023, Amazon launched Green Helmets with CIFAL Málaga–UNITAR (the United Nations Institute for Training and Research) to engage young people in designing and leading sustainability projects that restore and protect nature. The program funded and mentored 10 youth-led initiatives as well as reforestation efforts in fire-affected areas in Sierra Bermeja, in collaboration with the Regional Government of Andalusia. The program—the first of its kind in Spain—aims expand environmental education opportunities nationwide and inspire community-driven climate action.

United Kingdom 🇬🇧

In 2022, Amazon contributed £2.1 million to support the Woodland Trust’s Emergency Tree Fund, helping local councils and community groups—particularly in disadvantaged areas with limited access to nature—plant 700,000+ trees, creating community woodlands that improve wellbeing and help communities adapt to climate change. These planting projects were held in six UK local authorities, and over 3,300 people directly benefited from the fund through skills training and volunteering.

United Kingdom 🇬🇧

In 2022, Amazon contributed £750,000 to the Rewild London Fund, to restore wild habitats and reintroduce native species across the capital in collaboration with the London Wildlife Trust. The initiative includes 22 rewilding projects including the return of beavers to West London for the first time in 400 years, creating greener, wilder cities for people and wildlife alike.

Brazil 🇧🇷

In 2021, Amazon contributed $4.5 million to support Belterra and local collaborators to help restore forests and strengthen community livelihoods in the Brazilian Amazon, in the state of Pará—one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. The multi-year Agroforestry and Restoration Accelerator initiative focuses on reforesting degraded lands, conserving native ecosystems, and supporting smallholder farmers who rely on the forest for their income. By combining innovative financing, satellite data, and collaborations with smallholder farmers, the project aims to scale reforestation across the Amazon biome—helping to preserve biodiversity and strengthen community livelihoods in one of the planet’s most vital ecosystems.