Forest Stewardship Council verifies biodiversity benefits of first US-based project
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.
Read MoreUK sells over £200,000 in statutory biodiversity credits
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.
Read MoreEU eco-schemes lack ambition on biodiversity protection, report says
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.
Read MoreCercarbono sets up expert panel for biodiversity credit certification
Colombia-based environmental standard Cercarbono has set up an independent panel of biodiversity experts to facilitate its certification process, the company announced on Thursday.
Read MoreAgriculture has wiped out biodiversity over a third of the planet’s land, report estimates
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.
Read MoreNGOs advise EU Commission to include biodiversity credits in agricultural reform
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.
Read MoreUK company releases framework for corporate claims on nature
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.
Read MoreColombian developer to market up to 30k biodiversity credits this year
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.
Read MoreFEATURE: US aid freeze hits nature programmes as experts grapple with funding dilemma
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.
Read MoreUK’s new agri-environment schemes could benefit farming, but most farmers still not confident -report
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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