INTERVIEW: Swedish biodiversity company eyes collaboration with EU on nature markets
A Swedish company plans to collaborate with European institutions to help shape an EU-level nature market, with its biodiversity credit methodology among those that could be used under the scheme, its CEO told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreCrown Estate to deliver £20 mln to sustainable farming
The UK natural asset manager Crown Estate has announced £20 million ($25 mln) in funding to support farmers in enhancing nature recovery as part of its broader biodiversity strategy.
Read MoreBNP Paribas recommends rare species metrics
France-based bank BNP Paribas has recommended two metrics for assessing the impacts of human activity on rare species, in a bid to get a more complete picture of biodiversity.
Read MoreSingapore president calls for integrating carbon, biodiversity credit markets
Integrating biodiversity and water credits into the voluntary carbon market (VCM) could help better address the existing funding gap on nature, the president of Singapore told an event at the ongoing World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday.
Read MoreReplanet considers landscape-scale biodiversity credit measurements
Project developer Replanet is considering how to make measuring biodiversity credits from landscape-scale initiatives of up to 300,000 hectares affordable, despite a lack of demand.
Read MoreMicrosoft funds Swedish biodiversity credit project
A Swedish project that protects and restores valuable butterfly habitat is able to continue and expand after Microsoft provided funding for a local non-profit to buy all the biodiversity credits generated from the project over a two-year period.
Read MoreEU met 70% of its 2030 pledges on soil conservation, analysis shows
Nearly 70% of EU commitments on soil protection and restoration have been fulfilled to date, though some key measures still hang in the balance, according to an assessment released by the European Commission.
Read MoreSouth Australia puts first Biodiversity Act out for consultations
The government of South Australia (SA) has opened public consultations on the draft text of the state’s first Biodiversity Act aimed at enhancing nature protection, including through establishing conservation targets and increasing penalties for environmental crimes.
Read MoreExpert questions marketing of biodiversity net gain units as voluntary credits
An academic has questioned the marketing of English biodiversity net gain (BNG) units as voluntary biodiversity credits due to issues with the metric.
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