Green Climate Fund backs African landscape-level regenerative agriculture facility
Climate Asset Management is set to develop a strategy for accelerating regenerative agricultural practices at landscape scale in Sub-Saharan Africa, with advice from Pollination, following a grant from the UN Green Climate Fund (GCF).
Read MoreUK-backed nature fund “unaffected” by Federated Hermes withdrawal
The government-backed UK Nature Impact Fund remains optimistic about its future, with an associated accelerator programme hoping to announce new funding, following the withdrawal of partner investment manager Federated Hermes.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Waiting for the biodiversity market to take shape
The plethora of biodiversity crediting standards that have emerged over the past couple of years will be narrowed down to just a few once the market takes off – whenever that may be.
Read MoreSovereign specialists launch principles to boost nature, climate financing
A group of sovereign debt specialists on Sunday released principles for improving access to nature- and climate-related financial products.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Landscape-level approaches to nature gaining traction
The first signs of big business taking landscape-level approaches to ecosystems are stirring, with billion-dollar companies enquiring daily this summer, offering more promise for nature markets than biodiversity credits, according to a consultancy executive.
Read More5% of planning applications subject to UK biodiversity net gain rules, research suggests
Some 5% of recent planning applications have complied with England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) rules, in a positive sign the legislation is working, a lawyer has said.
Read MoreImpact investor to put $6 mln into Amazon conservation
Social impact investor Nesst plans to distribute $6 million throughout next year towards smaller enterprises that support nature in the Amazon region, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreReport flags limitations with corporate forestry data platform
Financial institutions should be aware of the shortcomings of a corporate forestry data platform called Forest IQ, a new study has said, drawing attention to the risk that it could generate misleading results, though it remains a good starting point.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Amazon bioeconomy investment facility takes aim at illegal activity
A Brazilian think tank is creating a facility to enable investment around Brazil and the Amazon Basin, tackling nature-damaging illegal activity while exploring biodiversity credits, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreCOP16: Countries launch ‘champions group’ for mainstreaming biodiversity
A group of 17 countries led by Colombia and Mexico have announced they are establishing a special group at COP16 to drive progress on mainstreaming biodiversity, following what they said are attempts to undermine the policy.
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