INTERVIEW: Biodiversity net gain exemptions “strangling demand”

Published 14:35 on August 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:35 on August 22, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

Questionable exemptions for developers from England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) rules are throttling demand for the market, a lawyer at Environment Bank has said.

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Regenerative agriculture finance to mobilise at scale in 2025, says executive

Published 16:19 on August 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:19 on August 21, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, International

Large amounts of money will begin to flow into regenerative agriculture around the world next year, as organisations become more comfortable with the financing, an executive at Pollination has predicted.

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G20 should improve uptake of biodiversity credits, UNEP FI says

Published 12:17 on August 21, 2024  /  Last updated at 12:17 on August 21, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, EMEA, International

The G20 should support a credible market for biodiversity credits by taking measures to improve their uptake, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has said.

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Regen announces blockchain storytelling update for carbon, ecocredits

Published 11:32 on August 20, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:32 on August 20, 2024  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, International, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

US-based environmental credit platform Regen Network Development is trialling a feature to enable the publishing of project data, connected to blockchain, in a bid to improve the storytelling around their environmental credits.

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Australia’s New South Wales introduces biodiversity offsets bill

Published 14:41 on August 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:42 on August 15, 2024  / /  Australia, Biodiversity

The New South Wales government in Australia introduced a bill to reform the biodiversity offsets scheme to its Parliament on Thursday, requiring developers take measures to prioritise avoiding environmental harm.

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Investors announce Australian regenerative agriculture partnership

Published 11:12 on August 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:12 on August 15, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity, US

Two investors on Wednesday announced an Australian partnership focused on ecosystem services and regenerative agriculture.

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AI-powered drone laser data aims to transform biodiversity measurements

Published 13:45 on August 14, 2024  /  Last updated at 13:52 on August 14, 2024  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

Cambridge researchers are leveraging the capabilities of drones, lasers, and AI to try to transform the speed and accuracy of assessing biodiversity and carbon in forests.

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Biodiversity credits to receive significant portion of private finance, expert says

Published 09:37 on August 14, 2024  /  Last updated at 09:37 on August 14, 2024  / /  Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, International

A substantial share of private finance will flow towards biodiversity credits as investors are confident demand for them will surge in coming years, a think tank researcher has said.

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Large sea animal credits could unlock fairer GBF funding -study

Published 11:40 on August 13, 2024  /  Last updated at 11:40 on August 13, 2024  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, EMEA, International

Credits generated from reducing impacts on large migratory marine creatures could help unlock funds for implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) across the Global South and North, an academic paper has said.

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Projects with up to 3.5 mln hectares preparing to generate biodiversity credits -research

Published 15:22 on August 12, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:41 on August 12, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, EMEA

Sixty projects up to 3.5 million hectares of land in size at their largest are in development with the aim of generating biodiversity credits, an international survey has shown.

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