Biodiversity Credits and a Market for Nature

The growth in the carbon credit market is generating unprecedented monetisation opportunities for biodiversity through nature-based solutions for climate. Some critics argue that the market is not currently effectively valuing the additional biodiversity and social co-benefits, or even negative impacts, in the pricing of these nature-based carbon credits. In addition, carbon markets are currently favouring restoration credits and not conservation, or avoided deforestation, credits. More effectively monetising conservation outcomes is critical to closing the global conservation funding gap, estimated at over US$800 billion per year. In response to these challenges and opportunities, there is increasing interest in the development of a biodiversity credit and a market for nature.

Speakers:

Oliver Withers

Global Head of Biodiversity, Global Sustainability, Credit Suisse

Helge Mahne

Global Funding Director, African Parks

Helge Mahne is the Global Funding Director at African Parks, a leading conservation organization in Africa that directly manages 22 parks in 12 countries with a total size of 20 million hectares. Helge Mahne oversees all funding activities and leads the development of new income streams from nature-based solutions.

Colin Porteous

Chief Investment Officer - Peace Parks Foundation

Colin Porteous is a highly experienced investment professional with a passion for conservation and social impact. His goal is to make is to make conservation a commercially attractive asset class.

Dr. Gabriele Roselius

Partner & CEO, Macun International LLC

Tanja Havemann

Co-Founder and Director - Clarmondial AG

Tanja manages Clarmondial AG, a Swiss investment advisory company focused on mobilizing capital for sustainable natural resource management. She is also a director of the Food Securities Fund.

Dr. Vian Sharif

Founder, NatureAlpha, and Global Head of Sustainability, FNZ Group - NatureAlpha

Dr Vian Sharif is founder of NatureAlpha, and Head of Sustainability at FNZ Group. She leads the development of innovative technology solutions across financial platforms to catalyse the shift to more sustainable capital allocations. She spent over a decade at global asset manager Investec. As part of a number of governmental and international sustainability advisory groups, she was a Member of the Taskforce for Nature Related Disclosures Technical Experts Scoping Group and the UK Government's Business Advisory group for the Convention on Biodiversity. She is a founder member of the Taskforce for Nature Markets and board member of Nature Finance.

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