biodiversity credit News
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Habitat banking report: CCC & eftec joint announcement
A call to scale up private investment in the protection of nature, by creating a habitat banking system and biodiversity credits, has been made in a joint report by Climate Change Capital, the investment manager and advisory group, and eftec, the leading environmental economic consultancy. The foreword has been written by Stanley Johnson, a leading environmentalist, author and UN Ambassador. ...
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Far reaching protection for Australia`s top end environment
Australia's Top End will have a huge conservation corridor stretching from Kakadu's stone country to the Arafura Sea, with the declaration of two substantial new Indigenous Protected Areas. Environment Minister Peter Garrett today joined traditional owners and Indigenous rangers from across the Top End to celebrate the declaration of the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area. The IPA covers almost ...
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Join forces to share biological resources equitably
Countries must put aside cynicism and differing opinions to make the Nagoya protocol a success, say Suneetha Subramanian and Govindan Parayil. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), adopted at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992, has been open and transparent to the concerns of various stakeholders — including those considered less powerful. During the Tenth meeting of the Conference of ...
By SciDev.Net
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The Role of Forest Carbon in Emerging Ecomarkets Will be Significant
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., — Forest carbon will play a significant role in emerging environmental markets designed to address climate change, despite the reluctance of some countries to accept forest carbon offsets, predicted environmental economics expert Ricardo Bayon at a seminar for forestry professionals representing all facets of the industry. “Forest carbon has been ostracized by the world’s ...
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Environment Bank and mission markets launch online conservation credit platform
The Environment Bank today launches the first online ‘conservation credit’ trading platform. The Environment Bank, the first organization to deliver biodiversity offsetting in the UK, and Mission MarketsTM, a professional services firm specializing in the impact and sustainability sectors and operating an international platform for exchanging environmental credits, today jointly ...
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