Payments for Ecosystem Services

(C) Daniel Grandfield
(C) Daniel Grandfield
Can the insurance sector help safeguard our natural capital? By Onno van den Heuvel and Jan Kellett Estimates show that nature and ecosystems provide over US$125 trillion per year in goods and services to the global economy. However, nature and ecosystems are in grave danger of collapsing and despit...Read more
The Red Colobus monkey, native in Zanzibar (c) Andrew Seidl
The Red Colobus monkey, native in Zanzibar (c) Andrew Seidl
Biodiversity finance experts from across Africa and beyond came together in Zanzibar, Tanzania last week at the BIOFIN 8th African Regional Dialogue to share experiences and build their knowledge about biodiversity finance solutions. Around 50 experts from 12 participating African countries and BIOF...Read more
Today is world wetlands day. Wetlands ecosystem services are worth US$47 trillion annually, supporting the livelihoods of one billion people and supporting life on this earth. Yet the story of our wetlands is a story of disappearance and a story of an urgent need for financing these important source...Read more