Impact Earth plans biodiversity fund of up to $100 mln

Published 10:46 on August 6, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:46 on August 6, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, International, Other APAC, South & Central

Impact Earth is planning to launch a biodiversity fund that raises between $50-100 million focused on either Latin America or Southeast Asia, similar to its existing Amazon strategy, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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Report counts 40 challenges for biodiversity net gain scheme

Published 12:09 on August 2, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:01 on August 6, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) scheme has 40 challenges across demand, supply, governance, and its metric to sort out for it to become a success, according to a report released this week.

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Nature markets alliance targets Mexican states

Published 15:13 on August 1, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:14 on August 1, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, EMEA, South & Central

A programme that aims to halt the net loss of biodiversity by 2030 in Mexico, while developing nature markets including biodiversity credits with regional governments, has been announced in an alliance between French and Mexican companies.

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Biodiversity net gain lacks market transparency, expert says

Published 11:05 on August 1, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:05 on August 1, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

A lack of transparency in England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) programme is frustrating conservation scheme managers, with some deliberate withholding of information, an industry insider has said.

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UK government prepares environmental plan as “nature is dying”

Published 10:58 on August 1, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:58 on August 1, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

The new UK government is preparing a statutory plan for the natural environment focused on cleaning up waterways, planting trees, and halting species decline.

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One approach to measuring biodiversity credits gains momentum -research

Published 12:31 on July 30, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:31 on July 30, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International

A single approach to measuring nature is emerging as the core method across disclosures, targets, and biodiversity credit markets, researchers said in an article seen by Carbon Pulse.

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Use UK biodiversity net gain system for nutrient credits, says lobby group

Published 16:10 on July 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:04 on July 29, 2024  / /  Bavardage, Biodiversity, EMEA

The UK government should apply parts of the biodiversity net gain (BNG) system to nutrient neutrality, in a bid to galvanise much-needed private investment, market actors told the government in a letter seen by Carbon Pulse.

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Mangrove conservation efforts gaining traction, report finds

Published 12:25 on July 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:25 on July 26, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International

Efforts to conserve mangroves are building momentum, but significant funding from insurance, philanthropy, and carbon is still needed to achieve international objectives, according to a report released Friday.

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Plan Vivo moves to plug risk of unintended leakage from biodiversity crediting projects

Published 11:58 on July 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:58 on July 25, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA, International

Nature and carbon standard-setter Plan Vivo Foundation is developing an initiative for measuring the unintended consequences of conservation activities involved in emerging biodiversity markets.

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Biodiversity credit firms partner to scale nature markets

Published 11:00 on July 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:32 on July 25, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Biodiversity, EMEA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

Two of the participants in the emerging biodiversity credit market are partnering to align their work with the aim of scaling nature markets in Africa, Europe, and the Americas, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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