Funding for your nature project
Companies in Malaysia want nature projects they can stand behind. IMPAK puts yours in front of them and watches it by satellite, and a fund manager pays you in stages as the work is proven. Already on IMPAK? Sign in (opens the IMPAK app in a new tab).
Here to fund a project instead? Become a sponsor.
List your project on IMPAK
One submission, and your project gets:
- Your land, mapped: its boundary, land cover from the Malaysia LULC 2024 map and a carbon estimate
- Seen by sponsors once Sastena has reviewed and published it
- Daily satellite checks for forest loss and fire
- Milestone payments through a fund manager, as the work is proven
From your land to a funded milestone
Five steps, and you are the first and the last. Everyone in between is there to make your work believable to the people paying for it.
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You
Submit your project
Tell us where the land is, who looks after it and what you plan to do. Once is enough.
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Sastena
Reviewed and mapped
Sastena reviews the project. Its boundary, its land cover and a carbon estimate go on its page.
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Sponsors
Listed for sponsors
Companies looking for Malaysian nature projects find yours and register their interest.
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Fund manager
Backed in milestones
A sponsor commits a budget. A fund manager holds it and splits it into milestone tranches.
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You
Paid as it is proven
Report from the field. Once the verifier and the sponsor sign off, the fund manager pays you.
One milestone, up close
This is the record behind every payment. You add the photos; the satellites, the verifier and the sponsor add the rest. When the last line is filled in, the money moves, and nobody has to take anyone’s word for it.
See the same milestone from the sponsor’s side
What helps a listing get funded
You don’t need a consultant or a polished proposal. Sponsors look for four plain things, and each one turns up later in the record of your project.
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Where the land is
The location and boundary of the area you work on, and who looks after it.
Goes into: Reviewed and mapped
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A plan in stages
What you will do and by when, in milestones a sponsor can fund one at a time.
Goes into: Backed in milestones
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A way to show the work
A phone that takes geotagged photos. Each field report carries the place and time of every picture.
Goes into: Your field report
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Room for a site visit
A verifier checks each milestone on site before money moves, so plan for visits.
Goes into: Verifier visit
Questions landowners ask us
Anything we have not covered, write to hello@sastena.tech.
Who holds the money?
An appointed fund manager holds the sponsor’s money and makes the bank transfers. IMPAK never holds it: it keeps the record of the milestones, the evidence and the approvals.
When am I paid?
When a milestone is done. You file a field report with geotagged photos, a verifier checks the work on site, the sponsor approves, and the fund manager pays you. Proof of the transfer is attached to the milestone, so everyone sees the same record.
What if a milestone slips?
The tranche stays with the fund manager until the work is done. If the verifier finds something missing, you can put it right and claim the milestone again.
Which projects can join?
Nature projects in Malaysia run by landowners and NGOs, starting with forest conservation and restoration. Each project is reviewed by Sastena before it is listed.
Do I need special equipment?
No. A phone that saves the location in its photos is enough for field reports. The satellite checks for forest loss and fire run every day without any work from you.
Your land is already doing the work.
Let sponsors see it, and get paid as it is proven.