Forest Stewardship Council verifies biodiversity benefits of first US-based project

Published 12:01 on February 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:11 on February 6, 2025  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, US, Voluntary

A carbon removal developer with huge offtake support verified the first US-based afforestation (ARR) project through the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), it announced Thursday.

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UK sells over £200,000 in statutory biodiversity credits

Published 11:15 on February 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:15 on February 6, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

The UK government has sold £236,376 in statutory biodiversity net gain (BNG) credits to developers to offset their impacts since the legislation came into force, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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EU eco-schemes lack ambition on biodiversity protection, report says

Published 10:21 on February 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:21 on February 6, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

Schemes established across the EU to help farmers adopt sustainable practices and support the bloc’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are failing to deliver robust outcomes for nature, according to a report released this week.

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Cercarbono sets up expert panel for biodiversity credit certification

Published 09:24 on February 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:24 on February 6, 2025  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, South & Central

Colombia-based environmental standard Cercarbono has set up an independent panel of biodiversity experts to facilitate its certification process, the company announced on Thursday.

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Agriculture has wiped out biodiversity over a third of the planet’s land, report estimates

Published 16:04 on February 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:04 on February 5, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, EMEA

The agricultural industry has destroyed biodiversity over an area of 55 million square kilometres across its supply chain, a report by CDC Biodiversite has estimated.

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NGOs advise EU Commission to include biodiversity credits in agricultural reform

Published 14:40 on February 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:40 on February 5, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

A group of global NGOs has included funding biodiversity credits among the steps that the EU Commission should take to mobilise financing under the bloc’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform.

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UK company releases framework for corporate claims on nature

Published 13:34 on February 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 13:34 on February 5, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

An England-based nature tech company released on Tuesday a framework seeking to steer private organisations to invest in nature, including a hierarchy of metrics to measure the recovery of ecosystems.

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Colombian developer to market up to 30k biodiversity credits this year

Published 09:57 on February 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:57 on February 5, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Biodiversity, EMEA, South & Central

A Colombian developer and asset manager is planning to put on sale up to 30,000 biodiversity credits later this year generated within a marine conservation project in Zanzibar, the company told Carbon Pulse.

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FEATURE: US aid freeze hits nature programmes as experts grapple with funding dilemma

Published 08:22 on February 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:22 on February 5, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, EMEA, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

The US administration’s sudden decision to freeze all foreign assistance programmes is having far-reaching impacts on biodiversity and climate projects worldwide, with some weighing options to bridge the funding gap amid fears that the move could foreshadow a permanent cut to aid for nature conservation.

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UK’s new agri-environment schemes could benefit farming, but most farmers still not confident -report

Published 00:01 on February 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 13:24 on February 4, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA, Nature-based

The UK’s new agri-environment schemes and England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy could make the average farmer better off, but the majority of farmers are still not confident they will benefit from changes, a new report has found.

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