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This November 18 story details how Sri Lanka's proposing a sheaf of natural assets as a source of debt forgiveness.

This November 17 commentary throws up its rhetorical hands about defining nature-based solutions.

A November 17 rundown, summarizing scuttlebutt at the recent climate summit, details bruited conservation finance restructurings and related deals around the Global South.

A photo of the Lower Brule reservation, courtesy Jerry Huddleston via Flickr Creative Commons.

Bryan Van Stippen’s talk started with an assertion: Tribal nations must “not let their natural resource assets benefit others before they benefit their own communities.” The National Indian Carbon Coalition (NICC) views carbon projects as both economic development and natural resource stewardship opportunities in response to historic extraction and theft.

This November 10 summary nods at a Trust for Public Land analysis of 63 conservation or nature-focused ballot questions that voters endorsed in the United States this year.

This November 8 summary reports on how beavers can boost water quality - the sort of outcome that can drive a pay-for-success investment, perhaps.

This November 9 dispatch gets at some of the doubts greeting new American carbon-trading proposals.

Ahead of COP27, an analyst considers the complexity of carbon claims in a November 2 opinion piece.

A November 3 story examines frightful times for cotton farmers.

This October 26 dispatch summarizes new targets for investment in sustainable food from a posse of 11 institutions, including a branch of Nuveen and the Netherlands' Rabobank.

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