Biodiversity Initiative

En la Cumbre Mundial por la Biodiversidad que se desarrolla en Cali – Colombia, Perú mostrará la importancia de la herramienta y su aplicación en un modelo innovador para la conservación y gestión sostenible de los recursos hídricos y la biodiversidad.

Cali, Colombia –  In time for United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16), the Indigenous grassroots organization Associação Sociocultural Yawanawá (ASCY) and their technical partner Wildlife Works along with Forest Trends, introduces a pioneering methodology to deliver Indigenous-centered conservation finance called Biodiversity Stewardship Units (BDSUs) aimed at meeting our global climate and conservation goals. […]

Developers of nature-based carbon projects in North America are still searching for ways in which voluntary carbon markets can value the co-benefits of projects, like improved biodiversity and economic development, that are supplemental to their climate benefits. Conversations from Ecosystem Marketplace’s recent Insights Briefing offer opportunities and challenges on how to quantify these co-benefits.

    Over 200 individuals from conservation organisations, governments, companies and financial institutions have joined in a “Call to Action” for greater efforts to secure “Biodiversity Net Gain” in the context of development. The call to action was issued during Natural Capital Week, where the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP) launched a new set […]

                  November 14, 2018 │ In the wake of a major new report from WWF and ZSL (Zoological Society of London) showing dramatic declines in biodiversity over the last fifty years, over 100 members of the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP) are meeting in Paris this month to launch a […]

More than 1.5 billion cows graze this great earth, and each of them has four stomachs.

Spurred by a booming economy and high demand from China, authorities across northern Laos encouraged smallholder rubber planting in the mid-2000s. This was welcomed by many as a farmer-friendly alternative to the large-scale land concessions dominant in the south, one that could boost local livelihoods while solidifying de facto land claims. What began as an […]

Ecosystem markets have gotten a lot of attention over the last few years as a tool to help landowners fund conservation, by linking good stewards with the entities who benefit from their stewardship. Homeowners for example might earn tax credits for capturing stormwater on their properties, or farmers and forest landowners could “grow” water quality […]

Bedrock environmental legislation, such as the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, has helped inspire innovative solutions to complex environmental issues. Today, there is a fast-growing industry that encourages private investors and businesses to work independently or in partnership with public agencies and apply market-based approaches to conservation.

Elizabeth Apolinar enjoys her job as a lawyer in the bustling center of Bogotá these days. But now and then she misses the traditional life she used to lead deep in the heart of the Colombian jungle.

BOGOTA, March 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Peru’s deadly floods are a wake-up call for cities across Latin America to prepare better for extreme weather as climate change and poor urban planning, alongside rapid population growth, worsen the problem of flooding, experts say.

Earlier this year, Peruvians were shocked when severe droughts gave way to tumultuous rains triggering landslides that killed at least 20 people, forced thousands from their homes, and — ironically — deprived many in the country’s two largest cities, Lima and Arequipa, of water when swollen rivers clogged treatment plants with rocks and debris.

On a mild, rainy day in Washington, D.C., America inaugurated its 45th president. The incoming administration represents a fundamental shift from the outgoing Obama administration. And the White House website was updated accordingly. Instead of a clean-energy future, WhiteHouse.gov now announces: “President Trump is committed to eliminating harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan […]

A couple years ago, environmentalists were excited that $5.1 billion had been invested in conservation efforts since 2004. The latest number: $8.2 billion, a 62 percent jump. A new report from Forest Trends also found that $3.1 billion committed for sustainable food and agriculture, habitat protection, clean water initiatives and other conservation projects is still […]

15 December 2016 | Washington, D.C. | It’s been a banner year for green infrastructure, from the roll-out of the Paris climate deal to Peru’s groundbreaking new water security strategy to California’s recent legislation recognizing nature as a critical part of its water infrastructure. In 2015, governments, water utilities, companies, and communities spent nearly $25 billion on payments for green […]