Environmentally harmful subsidies grow to $2.6 trillion per year, study says

Published 11:15 on September 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:15 on September 20, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International

Environmentally harmful subsidies currently stand at no less than $2.6 trillion per year, $800 billion higher than 2022 estimates and equivalent to 2.5% of global gross domestic product (GDP), according to a report released this week.

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Australia sets course for national ecosystem accounting

Published 14:32 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:32 on September 19, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released a paper outlining its approach to developing the country’s first national set of ecosystem accounts, ahead of a full rollout in early 2025.

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UK govt funds water company’s project to develop nature-based solutions

Published 10:59 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:59 on September 19, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

An environmental company and a water firm in the UK have secured funding from the government to develop a £580,000-project aimed at unlocking nature-based solutions to restore habitats and improve water management.

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Forestry company launches platform to support forest restoration projects

Published 13:00 on September 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:32 on September 17, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, South & Central, US, Voluntary

A global forestry company has launched an open source platform aimed at enhancing the management of forest restoration projects.

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Nature intelligence firm raises $1.2 mln to advance biodiversity risk reporting

Published 11:05 on September 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:05 on September 18, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, International, US

A US-based nature intelligence company announced Tuesday it has secured $1.2 million in seed funding to expand its platform aimed at supporting companies in assessing biodiversity-related risks.

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Human impacts trigger similar responses in fish in different rivers, study says

Published 11:56 on September 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:56 on September 17, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, China, International, US

Fish populations in two large rivers in the US and China respond similarly to human-led changes in environmental conditions, a paper has said.

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Protected areas largely fail to prevent forest loss, study says

Published 13:14 on September 16, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:14 on September 16, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Protected areas (PAs) contribute to preventing, on average, just 30% of forest loss, with the lowest levels of protection observed in some of the world’s most biodiversity-rich countries, a paper has said.

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INTERVIEW: Forest restoration company gears up for biodiversity credit market

Published 13:08 on September 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:08 on September 13, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, International, Nature-based, Other APAC, South & Central, US, Voluntary

A native forest restoration company is in talks with two major standards to launch its first biodiversity credit projects next year, with a big park in the Philippines among the sites under consideration, the firm told Carbon Pulse.

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Tanzanian developer partners with CreditNature to pilot nature credits in the Kilimanjaro region

Published 12:19 on September 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 08:19 on September 17, 2024  / /  Africa, Biodiversity, EMEA

A Tanzania-based developer has partnered with CreditNature to launch a biodiversity credit pilot in the Kilimanjaro region by the end of November, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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SBTN releases draft guidance on first science-based ocean targets

Published 15:05 on September 11, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:05 on September 11, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International

The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) has put out for consultation draft guidance on the first scientific targets for ocean impacts, ahead of the full roll out in 2025.

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