UPDATE – Just 32% of forest carbon developers access private finance before certification -report
Developers working on community-led forest carbon projects face challenges in accessing early-stage funding due to a declining availability of flexible grants and a lack of private finance pre-certification, a report has suggested.
Read MoreAustralian asset manager acquires over 600 ha, eyes biodiversity credits
An Australia-headquartered asset manager has acquired 636 hectares in Queensland, with plans to develop biodiversity credits and other nature-based programmes.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Integrating biodiversity credits into other markets could raise up to $57 bln annually
Integrating the outcomes of biodiversity credits into adjacent markets of carbon, bonds, and impact investing could generate $21-57 billion annually, a whitepaper shared with Carbon Pulse has argued.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Central American development bank pushing for regional approach to Article 6, marketplace, biodiversity credits
A prominent multilateral bank is developing a strategy to scale up carbon markets in Central America, support eight member countries in building the necessary infrastructure for Article 6, and structure a market for highly sought-after biodiversity credits.
Read MoreFirst mangrove project registered under Gold Standard’s blue carbon methodology
A Singapore-based non-profit has secured design certification and registration for a mangrove restoration project in Indonesia, marking the first blue carbon initiative approved under Gold Standard’s Methodology for Sustainable Management of Mangroves.
Read MoreNature-based developer to sell 1.8 mln removals credits to Microsoft in Sierra Leone deal
A London-headquartered tropical forest restoration company has signed a long-term offtake agreement to supply up to 1.8 million carbon removal credits to Microsoft over 15 years, in one of the largest carbon removal transactions from a single project in Africa to date, the company said Tuesday.
Read MorePublic offtakes trump biodiversity credits at scaling Scotland’s peat restoration efforts, study says
Contracts that commit the government to buy a fixed share of future peatland carbon credits offer the most viable route to scaling restoration and crowding in private capital, while biodiversity credits remain too nascent to materially improve project economics, a Scottish government-commissioned study has found.
Read MoreVerra consults on savanna fire management method
Standard body Verra has launched a consultation on a draft savanna fire management method, it announced Wednesday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Ghana infrastructure fund tests nature finance model with mangrove pilot
The Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) is seeking to structure a blended nature-based investment pilot aimed at restoring mangroves around a beach resort, with potential for supporting a future biodiversity credit market, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreShift away from avoided deforestation a ‘crisis’ that threatens biodiversity in Asia-Pacific, experts say
A growing shift in voluntary carbon markets toward removals-based credits is taking finance away from avoided deforestation projects across biodiversity-rich Asia-Pacific, threatening ecosystems like forests, mangroves, and wetlands, a webinar heard on Wednesday.
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