INTERVIEW: National strategies should be next step for bioeconomy

Published 09:45 on September 26, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:45 on September 26, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Biodiversity, EMEA, International, South & Central

The next phase for an international bioeconomy that sustainably uses natural resources needs to be countries delivering more national strategies on the topic, a NatureFinance executive has said.

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67 countries commit to ending plastic pollution by 2040 before final negotiations

Published 11:30 on September 25, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:30 on September 25, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International

Ministers from 67 countries including the UK, Japan, and Canada have reaffirmed commitments to finalise a legally binding global treaty aimed at ending plastic pollution by 2040, before the final negotiations take place, in a statement published on Wednesday.

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INTERVIEW: Elephant rewilder plans biodiversity credits from 84,000 hectares

Published 15:46 on September 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:46 on September 24, 2024  / /  Africa, Biodiversity, EMEA

A Zimbabwean elephant rewilding company is planning to more than double the area from which it will generate biodiversity credits up to 84,000 hectares, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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Regen Network reveals Registry 2.0 plan for ecological claims beyond credits

Published 10:41 on September 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:41 on September 24, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, Voluntary

US-based environmental credit platform Regen Network Development aims to expand the scope of what can be listed on its registry beyond credits in its next version.

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Nature SDGs urgently need addressing, report says

Published 11:24 on September 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:24 on September 23, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, International

International efforts to meet the UN’s nature-focused Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on life below water and on land are falling far short of their 2030 targets, according to a report released on Monday.

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Biodiversity net gain register to list another 330 units, project developer says

Published 15:00 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:55 on September 19, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

The number of units available on England’s national Biodiversity net gain (BNG) register are set to double with the listing of one 617-hectare site, a restoration company said on Thursday.

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Australasian group taps nature markets in investor toolkit

Published 13:28 on September 19, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:28 on September 19, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity

The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has launched a Nature Investor Toolkit, a guidance framework that also sheds light on opportunities related to nature markets.

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INTERVIEW: Biodiversity credit company seeks to challenge Romanian govt over EU payments

Published 16:27 on September 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:27 on September 18, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA, International

A company overseeing a biodiversity credit pilot in Romania is seeking to show the government how its use of EU environmental payments is incentivising the degradation of hay meadows, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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Pylons and crickets: Expert reveals bioacoustics challenges

Published 15:01 on September 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:01 on September 18, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA, International

Bioacoustics, an emerging technology using sound recordings to monitor wildlife, can be useful to support human ecologists but should not be considered as a replacement for on-site observation, an industry insider said on Tuesday.

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Non-profit urges COP16 to put world on track to meeting biodiversity targets

Published 16:04 on September 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 01:23 on September 18, 2024  / /  Africa, Biodiversity, EMEA, International

The priority of UN biodiversity conference COP16 should be delivering on the international pledges from Montreal while tracking progress, a World Resources Institute (WRI) executive said on Tuesday.

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