Biodiversity conservation is a pressing global concern. Innovative approaches to financing biodiversity, such as biodiversity credits, have been specifically mentioned as one of the global biodiversity targets at COP15 (Target 19 d). Biodiversity credits are not a silver bullet that will solve all biodiversity problems,
Today marks a memorable occasion for biodiversity conservation in Sweden. Orsa Besparingsskog has successfully conducted the first-ever sale of biodiversity credits to Swedbank. This significant milestone was achieved as part of a pilot project that formed the core of my PhD research, titled “Mechanisms and
I recently completed a tour of Southeast Asia to search for good examples of forest conservation and restoration. Out of the 10 projects I visited, all had positive results, but none were on a large scale. Why is that? What Works? Forest conservation will be
I’ve never been to a ”COP” before, so the COP15 in Montreal was for me all about learning and connecting to people. It is fascinating that literally a whole world can gather like this, around an important topic. From what I have seen, there seems
Having worked with forestry investments for a long time, I have asked myself how this asset class will evolve in the future? In recent years, forest carbon has emerged as a promising additional cash flow in forestry. Although carbon credits are by no means a
During this spring, our research team has developed biodiversity credit methodologies which can be used in boreal ecosystems. This has been an exciting journey, starting with acknowledgment of the complexity of the task, and therefore a realization that we have to create a methodology for
From a private capital perspective, the least invested of the SDG goals are Life on Land (SDG 15) and Life below Water (SDG 14). It is estimated that over 900 billion USD are needed annually if the decline of biodiversity is to be reversed. Looks
Last week I wrote about biodiversity certificates, conservation bonds and impact investments. This week I look further into other examples of private finance for biodiversity such as biodiversity offsets, credits and conservation banking. I am also elaborating on the existing systems and methodologies for biodiversity
There are a number of available financial instruments for biodiversity, such as biodiversity certificates, bonds, eco-accounts, credits and offsets, as well as conservation banking and impact investing. In this post, I am going to present biodiversity certificates, conservation bonds and impact investments. Biodiversity certificates A well-known
Biodiversity finance is the expenditure that contributes (or intends to contribute) to the conservation, sustainable use and restauration of biodiversity (OECD 2020)[i]. Biodiversity finance can be sourced from public and private sources. It can be mobilized and delivered through a number of different financial instruments
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Innovative finance for biodiversity and nature-based solutions
