Biodiversity Finance and Ecosystem-Based Investment Models Biodiversity finance encompasses the range of financial mechanisms, policies, and investment models designed to protect, restore, and sustainably manage ecosystems. As global biodiversity declines at ...

New paper looks into:

🔹 #GreenBonds, credits, #debt-for-nature swaps
🔹 Rwanda’s innovative blended finance model
🔹 Tackling #greenwashing & protecting #Indigenous rights

#BiodiversityFinance must prioritize ecological integrity & equity

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#BiodiversityFinance 🌍

Through #BIOFIN, countries are unlocking biodiversity finance at scale. Since 2018, the initiative has helped mobilize $2.7B for nature—with 91 countries now developing Biodiversity Finance Plans to drive long-term action. thegef.org/newsroom/fea...
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #BiodiversityFinance

At #SBI6, join the GEF, @undp.org, and the CBD Secretariat on 16 Feb for a lunchtime event on nature finance. Learn how countries are advancing Biodiversity Finance Plans and what’s ahead in #GEF9.

Webcast on UN Web TV: webtv.un.org/en

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social #BioFin #BiodiversityFinance

NatureHelm CEO and Co-founder, Dr. Debbie Saunders, will be in Mumbai and holding a presentation at the sustainability conclave. Her presentation will address the gap between ecological science and business data.
#Sustainability #BiodiversityFinance #NatureHelm

Puzzles, Tensions, and the Research Agenda for Biodiversity Finance Biodiversity loss is a systemic financial risk whose channels are more complex and less analytically tractable than climate change. Where climate finance has agreed on standardized measures, disclosu...

#BiodiversityFinance is messier than #ClimateFinance. Why? A lack of standardized measures 🌍

This paper identifies 4 structural tensions blocking progress (taxonomy to pricing) and proposes 8 high-priority #ResearchQuestions to help measurement join markets

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Does Financing Biodiversity Reduce Biodiversity Loss? Evidence from EU Funding of Science and Innovation Abstract. Recent calls for greater private capital in biodiversity finance often overlook the question of effectiveness. This article interrogates the assu

Does #BiodiversityFinance actually reduce species loss? Mini🧵🌍

This paper analyzed #EU funded projects across 26 countries/20 years. The results:
✅ Strong impact on forest preservation.
❌ Minimal ecological gains elsewhere.
❌ Diminishing returns on data research

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Biodiversity Finance This book offers a pioneering exploration of the financial, operational, and societal impacts stemming from biodiversity loss and associated ecosystem collapse. In addition, it examines possible venue...

Want to know more about #BiodiversityFinance and economic, operational and societal impacts from #biodiversityloss? A link to this book may help 🌍

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Explore @undpbiofin.bsky.social’s new free online course on #BiodiversityFinance. 🌱

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International Biodiversity Consultants - Marine Blue Finance news

Want to know more on whether #BlueFinance could help #MarineBiodiversity? Student thesis from University of Utrecht may tell you more 🌍

#BioFin #BiodiversityFinance #BlueBonds #MarineEcology

studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.50...

Billions spent, biodiversity declines — GEF insists it remains fit for purpose As Africa’s environment ministers meet this week in Nairobi, Kenya, for the 20th African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), the Global Environment Facility (GEF)is touting its decades ...

@mongabay.com interviews the #GlobalEnvironmentFacility and asks why is #biodiversity still declining in #Africa despite $7.7 billion spent on 2000 projects since its inception in 1990? 🤔🌍

#GEF #BiodiversityFinance #GreenFinance #BiodiversityLoss #Ecology

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Off the charts? Reasons to be skeptical of the growth in biodiversity finance Recent estimates point to dramatic increases in private capital flowing to biodiversity. Examining main sources of this increase — equity investments …

Scientists getting skeptical about capital pouring into #BiodiversityFinance - risks occur in overestimating private financing of targets 🌍

#GreenFinance #GreenBonds #BiodiversityAction #SustainableFinance
#BiodiversityTargets

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How are investors capturing biodiversity opportunities in fixed income? Client demand for nature-focused strategies is growing but identifying transactions and sourcing data is still a challenge, say bond investors.

Can fixed income (green bonds) rescue Earth’s biodiversity and nature? 🌍

#GreenFinance #GreenBonds #BiodiversityFinance

www.responsible-investor.com/how-are-inve...

(Eco)feminist Economics and Biodiversity Finance: A Critical Reflection Amelia Arreguín Prado provides a critical analysis of biodiversity finance from an ecofeminist perspective, spotlighting the inadequacies of current market-based conservation strategies.

Critical analysis of biodiversity finance from an ecofeminist perspective, spotlighting the inadequacies of current market-based conservation strategies. 🌐🌍

#BiodiversityFinance #Biodiversity #Feminism #Economics #PES #Offsets #GreenBonds #Exploitation

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The RDM bridges the gap between early planning needs and long-term financing, helping countries take swift, impactful steps toward 30x30.

Applications are officially open! Eligible member countries are encouraged to submit applications ➡️ shorturl.at/SMztn

#30x30 #OOC10 #biodiversityfinance

Just Announced! The HAC for N&P has launched the Rapid Deployment Mechanism (RDM) — a new small-grant financing tool designed for developing countries to fast-track their implementation of 30x30 plans.

#30x30 #RapidDeploymentMechanism #OOC10 #biodiversityfinance

📅 One year ago, we shared key actions for aligning financial flows with the GBF.

COP16 is behind us, but 75% of countries still haven’t submitted updated NBSAPs.

The time to implement is now. #FromPledgeToProgress

📄 www.financeforbiodiversity.org/finance-for-...

#BiodiversityFinance #NBSAPs #GBF

🌿 Excited to welcome Peter Elwin as Director of Corporate Engagement & Research at FfB!

He brings deep sustainable finance expertise & will lead on corporate engagement, FABRIC & NA100.

🔗 www.financeforbiodiversity.org/the-finance-...

#BiodiversityFinance #FABRIC #NA100 #CorporateEngagement

A core challenge in #BiodiversityConservation is ensuring long-term financing beyond initial seed funding. 🌱

At our Regional Trialogue in Windhoek, Namibia, @undpbiofin.bsky.social showcased its FIRE tool, a dynamic database of 300+ #BiodiversityFinance opportunities.

We’re pleased to join #RIEurope2025 in London, 11–12 June. @anitadehorde.bsky.social willl join the high-level plenary discussion on Nature in Public Markets – Risk, Return and Innovation.

🎟️Register: www.peievents.com/en/checkout/...
#TNFD #BiodiversityFinance #ResponsibleInvestment

Reconvened COP16 concludes with finance agreement for the Global Biodiversity Framework - PA Future Governments have agreed on a strategy to raise the funds needed to achieve the KMGBF at the close of COP16, in Rome

Governments have agreed on a strategy to raise the funds needed to achieve the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at United Nations Biodiversity Conference.

Learn more: future.portfolio-adviser.com/reconvened-c...

#BiodiversityFinance #Sustainability #ResponsibleInvesting

Governments agree on the way forward to mobilise the resources needed to protect biodiversity for people and planet Governments agreed, on 27 February 2025, in Rome on the strategy to raise the funds needed to protect biodiversity and achieve the action targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ...

www.cbd.int//article/cop...
#BiodiversityFinance #NatureFinance #BiodiversityLoss

Crucial UN nature talks are about to reopen in Rome – but will enough countries turn up? After last year’s Cop16 biodiversity talks in Cali left key issues unresolved, the extra summit will attempt to seek consensus, especially over funding

$200B for biodiversity? A big promise...but will it actually be delivered? With wealthy nations already delaying and Trump freezing U.S. conservation funds, the question remains: real commitment or just another COP mirage?

#FundingOrFiction #BiodiversityFinance #ActionsNotWords #COP16

Stalled UN Nature Talks to Resume in Rome for Three-Day Sprint After last year’s COP16 reached an impasse, negotiators will make a second attempt to agree on funding to halt the global loss of biodiversity.

The second attempt of #COP16 is taking place in Rome this week - here is what is at stake for #naturefinance.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#BiodiversityFinance #Biodiversityloss #Nature

Press Release | The Cali Fund launches in the margins of the resumed session of COP16 - United Nations Sustainable Development United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet

The Cali Fund at #COP16 sparks debate! 🌱💡 While meant to support biodiversity, experts fear it may slow medical breakthroughs. Can policymakers protect both nature & innovation? 🧐 #SciencePolicy #Biotech #BiodiversityFinance
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However, without clear regulation and standardised metrics, biodiversity finance remains fragmented.

#NatureFinance #BiodiversityFinance #TNFD #FinanceForNature

🔎 Read the full paper 👉 institutdelafinancedurable.com/actualites/c...

#ParisFinancialCentre #SustainableFinance #BiodiversityFinance

International Biodiversity Consultants Ltd – Blog » Links to recent papers and publications related to biodiversity finance from COP16 (Part 2) Continuing our list of internet links to recent publications/papers on 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 related issues from #COP16 in Cali, Columbia? Here we go: 1️⃣𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: 𝘈 𝘳𝘰�

Continuing our list of internet links to recent publications/papers on #BiodiversityFinance 📈 related issues from #COP16 in Cali, Columbia? Here we go:

www.internationalbiodiversityconsultants.com/blog/2024/12...