Polish Hotel Buys New Zealand Biodiversity Credits in Cross-Border Deal
Traditionally, there is little overlap between a Polish hotel in the country’s second-largest city and a New Zealand nature and wildlife reserve. Nevertheless, earlier this month, Hotel Stradonia in Kraków and Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari were linked through an international biodiversity credit transaction, underscoring how emerging nature markets are starting to connect corporate buyers with conservation projects across borders. Read More
‘Incoherence’ Between BNG, Nature Restoration Fund Could Undo Market Growth
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB) that is awaiting royal assent before becoming law could hinder and damage the development of the nearly two-year-old Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy in England, according to the legal counsel of a U.K. environmental services firm. Read More
COP30: Coalition Launches Ecosystem Services, Credits for Amazonian Land
BELEM, Brazil -- Nine Amazonian states and NatureFinance, a Swiss-based nonprofit, launched a project at COP30 aimed at rewarding ecosystem services and issuing biodiversity credits that generate revenue for nature conservation initiatives after key milestones are reached. Read More
REDD+ Is Struggling but Alive
Nearly two years after a major reckoning of forest conservation projects in the voluntary carbon market, developers have managed to stay afloat and some buyers continue to retire credits. But the outlook for REDD+ is uncertain. Read More
UK Government has “Catastrophic” Approach to Nature: David Hill
British government proposals to exempt small housebuilders from Biodiversity Net Gain risk unraveling the system, its long-time leading proponent professor David Hill has told OPIS. Read More
EU CSRD Prompts Vattenfall Biodiversity Transition Plan and Supply Chain Focus
Vattenfall, one of Europe's largest electricity companies, has told OPIS that its decision to strengthen nature in its supply chains is a direct result of the European Union's newly-enacted Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Read More