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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 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.

In his October 17 column, climate journalism pioneer Joel Makower looks - carefully - at the profusion of nature-related senior jobs in big companies.

This October 19 dispatch notes a $200 million stake from development finance arms of Finland, Norway and the United Kingdom for forestry projects in Africa.

On October 14, the pink paper reported out a letter from liberal United States senators asking regulators to scrutinize carbon-offset claims.

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