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The Skinny on Regenerative Agriculture
- Article Source
- The New York Times
This January 27 column highlights CFN-affiliated research to spell out the financial case for regenerative agriculture.
- Published on
- 2023-01-29
Conservation in (Capital Allocation) Context
- Article Source
- S & P Global
This research note from January 17 fits biodiversity finance into a set of key 2023 investment themes.
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- 2023-01-20
You Need a Scorecard to Know All the Players
- Article Source
- E & E News
It's been a while since we checked in on who's leading the carbon-market discussion. This January 20 feature brings us current.
- Original Article
- https://www.eenews.net/articles/can-wild-carbon-markets-be-tamed/
- Published on
- 2023-01-20
In a (Log) Jam in Peru
- Article Source
- The Guardian
This January 18 feature reported from Peru neither demonizes nor lionizes the offsetting system.
- Published on
- 2023-01-20
- Topics
- ClimateForestPublic Policy
Davos Man Has TIllage on His Mind
- Article Source
- World Economic Forum
This January 10 statement from the talking shop targets existing farm subsidies as a block to regenerative agriculture.
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- 2023-01-13
Taking the Con Out of Conservation Easements
- Article Source
- Pro Publica
This January 9 expose shows how government stopped a practice that in some corners sullied conservation finance's name.
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- 2023-01-13
Here's Another Motivator For High-Quality Carbon Credits
- Article Source
- Carbon Brief
This report from January 11 shows logged forest sending meaningful carbon into the atmosphere for at least a decade.
- Published on
- 2023-01-13
- Topics
- ClimateForestPublic Policy
The Oyster is Your World
- Article Source
- State of Maryland
This January 4 press release from a state at the conservation-finance forefront showcases a commitment from a container ship to pay for oyster beds as a condition of its impingement on the bivalves' habitat.
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- 2023-01-06
All That and No Cattle: A Farm Grows in Dallas
- Article Source
- Inside Climate News
This January 5 feature cheers for urban agriculture by showcasing an entrepreneurial grower in Texas' third-biggest city.
- Published on
- 2023-01-06
Can Regulations Help Investors Price the Forests for the Carbon?
- News Item Type
- Commentary
- Article Source
- Reuters
This January 3 op-ed spells out how updated European Union rules should boost traceability and verification for "deforestation-free" products in the market.
- Published on
- 2023-01-06
In India, the State Plans to Set a Carbon-Price Floor
- Article Source
- Reuters
This December 21 dispatch details (a bit) how India plans to attract development finance by setting a floor on carbon prices with a "stabilization fund" to debut by 2026.
- Published on
- 2022-12-23
How Long Did You Think This Wood Last?
- Article Source
- Mongabay
This December 21 story shows Australia rebutting the idea that woody biomass fuel (from felled trees) comprises a "carbon-neutral" energy source.
- Published on
- 2022-12-23
Show You? That's the Regenerative-Agriculture Plan
- Article Source
- KCUR Iowa Public Radio
This December 19 report shows the University of Missouri seeking 3000 farms to join a "climate-smart " pilot with federal funding.
- Published on
- 2022-12-23
- Topics
- AgricultureClimateHabitat
The Only Animal That Blushes
- Article Source
- The Guardian
The United Nations' biodiversity summit didn't break down, the British lefty paper notes on December 14, but it also didn't quite hold together.
- Published on
- 2022-12-16
Can a City Brave the Carbon Markets? One is Hawking an Approach.
- Article Source
- Axios
This brief from December 13 spotlights how Atlanta is musing on a way to join a carbon-credit program to pay for urban forest upkeep.
- Published on
- 2022-12-16
- Topics
- CitiesClimateFresh Water
Chocolate Can Drive Reforestation. No, Really, It Can.
- Article Source
- Mongabay
This December 15 report details a business model through which cacao processing, and trees that support it, grow in importance in the Amazon region.
- Published on
- 2022-12-16
Riddles in the Sands
- Article Source
- Reuters
On December 5, the wire service amplified ideas about disclosing impacts on nature as a way to attack the need for conservation and biodiversity finance.
- Published on
- 2022-12-09
- Topics
- ClimateImpact Investing