NatureMetrics launches habitat health tool
UK-based biodiversity monitoring company NatureMetrics has launched a tool for businesses and conservationists to assess the health of habitats.
Read MoreFrench bank considers buying more biodiversity credits
La Banque Postale could invest in more voluntary biodiversity credits over the next few years to encourage broader demand, as it is confident they carry little risk.
Read MoreJaguar stewardship project in Brazil issues 71,000 biodiversity credits
A Brazil-based environmental company has marketed over 71,000 biodiversity credits generated through a jaguar stewardship project in the Pantanal region over the last few years.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Assemblage-level conservation ready for wide adoption in biodiversity preservation, researchers say
US-based researchers are calling on conservationists and policy makers to broaden their approach when acting to protect endangered species and limit global biodiversity loss.
Read MoreUzbekistan sets course for national biodiversity credit, offset markets
Uzbekistan has released a strategy to attract finance for nature protection and restoration, including plans to establish national frameworks for biodiversity credit and offset markets.
Read MoreIrish peatland standard for ecosystems certificates launches
An Irish government-backed non-profit has launched a voluntary standard for generating ecosystem certificates from peatland with biodiversity, carbon, and wildfire reduction benefits.
Read MoreHarmonised biodiversity credit markets ‘promising’ tool to scale nature finance -report
Advancing biodiversity credit markets is among the key steps recommended by the World Government Summit to meet the $200 billion annual target set out under the Global Biodiversity Framework, provided that regulators develop a standardised framework to prevent greenwashing.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: US rollback on nature looms over resuming plastic treaty talks
The US administration’s recent rollback on environmental action is poised to overheat the debate on financing at the resuming talks on the UN plastic treaty, with the EU expected to adopt an even tougher stance than it did at last year’s summit, an observer to the negotiations told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreNature finance provides grounds for optimism, investor says
Markets for nature finance offer reasons for confidence, despite the US rollback of nature-focused programmes, in areas such as compliance biodiversity markets, according to an investor.
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