The nascent biodiversity credit market is beginning to be used to finance measurable and positive outcomes for biodiversity. Not to be confused with biodiversity offsets, which compensate for the residual biodiversity impacts of development, credits have been used to conserve habitat for species such as spectacled bears and yellow-eared parrots. As the world looks forward...Read More

Verra will have a strong presence at the Corporate Investments into Forestry & Biodiversity (CIFB) conference this week. This event will bring together professionals from the finance, forestry, and conservation sectors to explore topics around environmental markets. Verra will host a side event on “The Use Case for Nature and Biodiversity Credits.” Sinclair Vincent, Director, Sustainable Development...Read More

It has been well documented that the world is facing multiple environmental problems. One such issue is that of biodiversity loss as populations grow and urbanisation takes hold. England has sought to challenge this global threat at the local level through the imposition of far more rigid biodiversity net gain requirements in their planning system....Read More

Backed by the UN, an alliance of conservationists and policymakers is devising new ways to finance the preservation of biodiversity by placing economic values on ecosystems. Some analysts say such schemes have the potential to boost conservation, but others are skeptical. In 2009, as global financial markets shuddered, David Dorr became interested in the possibility...Read More

Editor’s note: “Shared by Nature” invites experts and scholars from around the world to share their knowledge of major issues in nature, such as climate change, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. Wang Jichao, a professor at the College of Life Sciences at Hainan Normal University, shared some opinions with CGTN Nature about the first ecological corridor for amphibians...Read More