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Existing carbon project requirements may create perverse incentives for biodiversity conservation, research says

Published 11:22 on April 1, 2026 / Last updated at 11:22 on April 1, 2026 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), Nature & Biodiversity (Corporate, Markets), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Voluntary (VCM Developments)

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Existing approaches to ensuring additionality, leakage, and permanence in nature-based carbon projects may fail to support biodiversity conservation, a new study argued.
Existing approaches to ensuring additionality, leakage, and permanence in nature-based carbon projects may fail to support biodiversity conservation, a new study argued.


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