Voluntary biodiversity credit sales rise to $119k in June
Sales of voluntary biodiversity credits reached $119,000 in June across 82 transactions, according to a report published on Wednesday.
Read MoreGroup urges Queensland to fix environmental offset scheme
The Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA) has urged the Queensland government to review a framework that has left over A$100 million ($69 mln) in environmental offset fees unused.
Read MoreANALYSIS: What will the biodiversity market look like in 2040?
A huge amount of effort is going into developing and scaling up the global biodiversity market, but regulators need to take on a key role if nature is to get significant investments via market mechanisms, according to experts.
Read MoreUtilities giant flags water scarcity, waste management as key nature-related business risks under TNFD
A French-headquartered utilities company has identified water withdrawals, resource regeneration, and hazardous waste management as some of its most material nature-related dependencies, impacts, and financial risks in its latest Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) assessment.
Read MoreCanadian province advances biodiversity conservation projects, protecting an additional 127k ha
A Canadian province is moving ahead on three massive land conservation recommendations, protecting approximately 127,000 hectares of vital watershed and wildlife ecosystems.
Read MoreMajor AI governance frameworks ignore risks to nature
Two influential blueprints for governing Artificial Intelligence cover national security, job security, and human freedom, but fail to address AI’s vast potential to accelerate resource extraction and the destruction of nature, a campaign group said during the UN’s inaugural dialogue on AI governance in Geneva this week.
Read MoreBiodiversity finance narratives shape market-oriented conservation approaches -study
The dominant narratives surrounding biodiversity finance increasingly frame conservation through innovation and market-based approaches therefore shaping how biodiversity protection is governed and understood, according to a recent study published in Environmental Sociology.Â
Read MoreUK water investment programme could anchor billions in nature finance, policy brief says
England’s water industry investment programme could become one of the country’s largest long-term sources of nature finance if regulators and utilities expand the role of catchment-scale and nature-based solutions, according to a policy brief published on Tuesday.
Read MoreEU, member states off track for most 2030 global biodiversity targets, report says
Efforts across the European Union to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) are generally not enough to meet most of its 2030 targets, according to a report published on Tuesday.
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