International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits

IAPB’s #Framework can be used to support the implementation of #highintegrity biodiversity credit markets. We need ambitious and urgent collective leadership to scale up biodiversity credit markets at pace. There is space for both #voluntary and #compliance markets to develop further. There are a number of projects that are being developed as part of the voluntary market. Have a look at a selection of them below: 🍃 Fauna & Flora is developing a conservation project in the #SouthAfrican Agulhas Plain in the Cape Floristic region, a biodiversity hotspot which is home to the endangered fynbos ecosystem. The project will measure the impact of processes for controlling fire and invasive vegetation and create a framework for participatory and inclusive biodiversity management, tailored to the local context. 🌊 Located in the Sulu Sea of the #Philippines, the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park is being developed by Conservation International and the Tubbataha Management Office, in partnership with Friends of Tubbataha, Inc. #Tubbataha is home to around 70% of all coral found globally and is a refuge for 181 endangered species. #Naturecredits present an opportunity to sustain conservation management and help secure additional necessary finances to support long-term community livelihood activities and ranger employment from the local communities, comprising Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. 🦁In #Namibia, the Wildlife Credits are an example of leveraging public funding as a catalyst to attract private capital. They are supported by KfW and Agence Française de Développement and designed by WWF Namibia together with local community conservancies to protect wildlife across 4 million hectares. Stay tuned for our other posts where we’ll share other biodiversity credit projects!

Good governance is one of the key principles for #highintegrity #biodiversitycredit markets to flourish. What exactly do we mean by it? Listen to Panel members Carlos Manuel Rodriguez and Simon Zadek share some insights on governance: 🧩 Governments play a key role in setting up effective governance that upholds the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities 🌱 It is crucial to ensure fair rewards to Nature stewards ✅ It can help drive demand within equitable markets To find out more, check out our #Framework for high integrity #BiodiversityCredit markets: https://lnkd.in/emsATgDU

We place Nature Stewards' at the heart of our #Framework for high integrity biodiversity credit markets. Our co-chair Dame Amelia Fawcett DBE, CVO and panel member Chief Almir Surui highlight the crucial role that Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs and LCs) play in shaping the market to ensure: 🤝 Projects are inclusive of and support vulnerable actors, including local Nature stewards, and provide fair distribution of benefits. 🌍Equitable biodiversity credit projects respect the rights of all those involved. ✅ The rights of IPs and LCs are respects and they are included as active market actors, supporting their leadership and ownership within the system.   To find out more, check out our #Framework for high integrity #BiodiversityCredit markets: https://lnkd.in/emsATgDU

How do we approach measurement in the context of biodiversity credits? Our co-chair Sylvie Goulard , the co-lead of our Knowledge Partners Professor Ximena Rueda and panel member David Vaillant answer this very question! Key takeaways include: 🍃 Biodiversity is complex and methodologies should be contextualised depending on the objectives of a project. 📏 Measurements need to be objective based and ensure the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities are accounted for. ✅ Credits are verified and validated to ensure high integrity. To find out more about this topic, have a look at our #Framework for high integrity #BiodiversityCredit markets: https://lnkd.in/emsATgDU

Yesterday, our Co-Chair Sylvie Goulard and Panel member David Vaillant spoke at the 4th Annual Natural Capital Summit in London, on a panel discussion on the progress in the biodiversity credit markets 🍀 Sylvie explained how the #Framework has demonstrated the positive impact #BiodiversityCredits can have for people and the planet, as well as highlighting the magnitude of the change we must see. « Nearly 75% of loans distributed by banks in the Eurozone are to companies dependent on nature. The more companies realise their value chains are at risk, the more we will move forward to take action. » Thanks to David Craig and City & Financial Global for hosting a excellent event with a diverse array of insightful speakers.

What does high integrity means for biodiversity credits? Our Panel members David Craig, Pauline Nantongo and Ilona Szabó de Carvalho answer this question ! Key elements are: 🍀 High integrity means biodiversity credits are trusted at both the local and global level 🌷Projects must ensure high integrity both in their outcomes and processes 🔨 The foundations of high integrity include additionality, robust evidence, durability, equity and respect for community rights If you want more insights, read our #Framework for high integrity #BiodiversityCredit markets: https://lnkd.in/emsATgDU

What are #BiodiversityCredits ? In this short video, our Panel members Yunwen Bai, Swapan Mehra and Mariana Sarmiento explain how do they work ! To summarize: 🍀 Each credit represents a certain amount of #Nature preserved and restored over the defined period 🍀 Credits should follow safeguards, to ensure that Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' rights are respected 🍀 Biodiversity credit projects follow a number of steps, including the verification of positive outcomes for biodiversity

Missed our Pilot event at COP16 Colombia ? 🇨🇴 Last week, we organized an event to showcase #Pilot projects which are included in our #Framework to illustrate the range of approaches and give a tangible indication of the current state of #BiodiversityCredit markets and its development prospects 🍀 This event brought together project developers and managers to discuss the Framework and its importance. Our co-chairs Dame Amelia Fawcett DBE, CVO and Sylvie Goulard recalled that: "The Framework was created to deliver outcomes for people and the planet first." The first Panel featured Cain Blythe, Mariana Sarmiento and Pauline Nantongo. They shared several opportunities the Framework brings to biodiversity credit markets and how they expect the market to develop further. Some of their insights included: 🔧 The need to engage with the demand and to ensure the integrity, which will be aided by the Framework and its Principles 🍀The need to reduce the intermediary actors without compromising on integrity 🦋The importance to count the social values projects can bring to people if built with the participation of Indigenous People and local communities This moment of exchange was also the opportunity to discuss about what is needed to scale up high integrity biodiversity credit markets. Here is a short recap of some needs shared representatives from Conservation International, Fauna & Flora , Kering and Savimbo: 1️⃣ Simple market structures for custodians to be effectively and fully involved 2️⃣ Ensure the integrity of the measurement 3️⃣ A space learn and openly discuss the successes and failures of projects Thanks to all the participants !

Another full room for biodiversity credits ! Last week, we organised an event at COP16 Colombia to celebrate the launch of our #Framework for high integrity #BiodiversityCredits markets 🇨🇴 As our co-chairs Dame Amelia Fawcett DBE, CVO and Sylvie Goulard said: « No market can develop without integrity. No biodiversity credit markets can develop without rules. » This event was not only an opportunity for our co-chairs to present the Framework, but also to gather our Panel members to discuss the results of more than a year's worth of work. We also had the chance to have opening remarks from the British and French Ministers Agnès Pannier-Runacher and Mary Creagh CBE MP. The objectives of the Framework are three-fold: channelling funds into biodiversity, shifting business towards Nature-positive behaviour and securing fair rewards for Nature’s stewards. It has been informed by a multitude of views from experts in various fields, including finance, corporates, NGOs, Indigenous Peoples and local communities. It is a key milestone for biodiversity credit markets to develop with high integrity, as the Framework and the notion of ‘high integrity’ it relies on, have both reached a consensus ! The Framework is adopted by all IAPB Panel members 🦋 This event was also a moment to discuss the future of biodiversity credit markets with Ambroise Fayolle, antoine sire, Franz Tattenbach and Patricia Zurita. Among ideas, they highlighted: 🔧 The need to create a platform and share knowledge and lessons learned 👨⚖️ The importance of governments in developing biodiversity credit markets and ensuring trust. 🍀 That trust also requires credibility and standards, which will be aided by our Framework 🤝 The role of partnerships and collaboration with development banks 🌹The importance of the social value of biodiversity credit projects for local communities in particular If you want to learn more about the Framework: https://lnkd.in/emsATgDU Thank you to all participants! Thank you to all our Panel members: Razan Al Mubarak Alexandre Antonelli Yunwen Bai Erin Billman Robert Calcagno David Craig Ulrike Decoene Lauren Ferstandig Alexis Gazzo Mark Kenber Akanksha Khatri Swapan Mehra Hiromichi Mizuno Simon Morgan Pauline Nantongo Tony O'Sullivan Carlos Manuel Rodriguez Mariana Sarmiento Chief Almir Surui, Ilona Szabó de Carvalho Jennifer Tauli Corpuz Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE David Vaillant Simon Zadek Philippe Zaouati

Thrilled to see so many countries represented at the Ministerial-level Reception on biodiversity credits in the beautiful Casa Britannica at COP16 Colombia in Cali, at the invitation of Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher from France and Minister Mary Creagh CBE MP from the UK 🇫🇷🇬🇧 The reception was an occasion to present the IAPB Framework to government representatives including Argentina, Azerbaijan, Canada, Dominican Republic, European Union, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Monaco, Morocco and South Africa Particularly thankful to Ministers from Malaysia Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and Deputy Minister Narend Singh from South Africa for saying a few words of support and marks of interest, just like Valerie Hickey from The World Bank. Finally a massive thank you to the UK Embassy to Colombia and French Government for their support in hosting this event 🦋🍀