This article originally appeared on the Katoomba Group blog. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first Katoomba Group meeting – a community that first came together in 1999 with a  shared quest to convert the theoretical value that comes from restoring nature into a practical way for people to make a living.  It’s […]

2024 October 31 | Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) published voluntary carbon market (VCM) prices for the United Kingdom’s (UK) domestic carbon units from Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code projects today, covering transactions in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. This is year two of EM’s collaboration with Scottish Forestry and IUCN to examine Woodland Code and […]

This article originally appeared on the Katoomba Group blog. West of Sydney, Australia, lies the Blue Mountains, a range of plateaus and panoramic canyons forested with eucalyptus trees. Oil in the leaves produces a bluish haze, hence the name of the area. Twenty-five years ago, in 1999, a new NGO called Forest Trends brought together […]

Human wellbeing depends on a stable climate and healthy natural environment. And yet nature is in decline everywhere due to destructive economic activity. The consequences are increasingly clear, with more frequent wildfires, intense storms and floods, crop failure, fisheries collapse, pandemics and spreading tropical diseases, ubiquitous ‘forever chemicals’ and microplastics, mass migration and ensuing social […]

We cannot achieve global climate goals without nature. More than that, nature supports basic needs like clean air and water; it safeguards us against extreme weather like floods; and it supports our wellbeing now and for future generations – just to name a few. The good news: Nature continues to take up more space on […]

Here’s something unexpected: In the midst of a deeply polarizing election, Americans actually seem to agree on solutions to climate change. Recent research from USN4C found that an overwhelming, bipartisan majority of U.S. voters support investing in natural climate solutions, such as reforestation, wildfire management, and land conservation. This broad-based, popular support is essential, because […]

There’s high energy out there these days around biodiversity crediting as a tool to achieve “Nature Positive” goals. The World Economic Forum has identified biodiversity credits as a key strategy to unlock finance for nature, and created a dedicated initiative around them. Some carbon market actors tell Ecosystem Marketplace they’re moving into biodiversity as the […]