Japanese impact investor explores nature positive forest restoration -webinar
Tokyo-based Japan Impact Investment Network (J-IIN) is considering how companies and investors can boost biodiversity – as well as carbon sequestration – while restoring forests, a webinar heard Thursday.
Read MoreHigh-integrity NbS credits drive calls for stronger data and hybrid monitoring -webinar
Rising demand for high-integrity nature-based credits continues to support prices and increase the need for higher-quality data, with Earth observation (EO) and ground-based measurements being combined to verify carbon project outcomes, a webinar heard on Wednesday.
Read MoreLATAM exchange launches blockchain carbon credit marketplace -media
A Latin American commodity exchange on Monday launched a blockchain-verified marketplace for carbon, biodiversity, and other environmental credits, as part of efforts to strengthen sustainability services for the region’s agricultural sector, local media reported.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: African Biopension Fund could scale without limit
A model of an Africa-focused fund could redirect billions of dollars in pensions into nature-based projects through sustainable forestry, with future potential for biodiversity credits, a financial executive told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreCarbon and biodiversity standard partners with Asian exchange as biodiversity credit race accelerates
An international standard has allied with a trading platform and its registry provider to establish a dedicated system to trade biodiversity, water, and nature-based carbon credits focused on the Asian market, it announced on Monday.
Read MoreNZ project pilots soil organic carbon measurement, eyes nature markets
A New Zealand-based natural capital company has teamed up with a UK tech firm to map soil organic carbon (SOC) across eight sites, aiming to lay the groundwork for developing nature and soil carbon credit projects.
Read MoreCarbon Pulse strengthens data, markets, and nature-based carbon reporting with new hires
Carbon Pulse grows its team of correspondents based in the Americas and Europe to bolster its reporting on carbon markets, the net zero transition, and nature and biodiversity.
Read MoreIreland goes strong on biodiversity in carbon farming principles
The Republic of Ireland’s draft principles for developing a national carbon farming framework are aligned to the EU’s Carbon Removal and Carbon Farming (CRCF) regulation, but consider additional measures to value biodiversity, Carbon Pulse heard.
Read MoreChina-based institute launches CDR, biodiversity standards at COP30 -media
A Chinese institute has last week launched two new voluntary standards for carbon removals and biodiversity during COP30 in Belem, according to local media reports.
Read MoreBiodiversity co-benefits can boost demand for carbon credits in agricultural sector -study
Better integrating biodiversity co-benefits into carbon markets could increase the demand for credits in agriculture and support the transition to more sustainable practices, according to a study released on Wednesday.
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