BIODIVERISTY

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

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

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

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,

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,

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

The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 is a key element of the European Green Deal with the aim to recover Europe’s biodiversity by 2030. The Biodiversity Strategy outlines an

What is biodiversity worth? Here: Blanktjärnen lakes in Jämtland, Sweden – free to visit, but expensive to maintain. Halting and reversing biodiversity loss is one of the main global

Yesterday, the Swedish Forest Industries launched a report on biodiversity (in Swedish) “Skogens biologiska mångfald – om arter, miljöarbete och statistik”. I am proud to say that I was a