The 12 projects of IFB

 

Twelve projects have been launched to explore the gaps and improve integration between the financial system and biodiversity.

 

Reducing commodity-driven forest and biodiversity loss by exploring and filling data gaps for due diligence

Project lead: Dr Antje Ahrends, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Dr Jonathan Green, University of York

Financial rewards for improved biodiversity outcomes

Project lead: Professor Paul Brereton, Queen’s University Belfast

Co-creating and applying a theory of change for biodiversity credits: towards a nature-positive future

Project lead: Professor Richard Field, University of Nottingham

Solent to Sussex Bay seascape restoration network

Project lead: Professor Stephen Fletcher, University of Portsmouth and Dr Claire Evans, National Oceanography Centre

Integrating finance and biodiversity for a nature positive future

Project lead: Professor Ben Groom, University of Exeter

Nature positive small and medium-sized enterprise finance

Project lead: Dr Robyn Owen, Middlesex University

Science-based markets for nature recovery

Project lead: Professor Richard Pywell, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and Dr Steven Reece, University of Oxford

Integrating nature-climate scenarios and analytics for financial decision-making

Project lead: Dr Nicola Ranger, University of Oxford and Professor Paula Harrison, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Robust environmental, social and governance data for biodiversity: towards a spatially-sensitive approach to sustainable finance

Project lead: Dr Steven Reece, University of Oxford and Professor Richard Pywell, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Mediating the first transaction of biodiversity impact credits

Project lead: Dr Axel Rossberg, Queen Mary University of London

Aonachadh: integrating biodiversity and finance

Project lead: Dr Hannah Rudman, Scotland’s Rural College, Dr Christopher Ellis, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Professor Marc J Metzger, The University of Edinburgh

Nature-positive investment opportunities through solar parks

Project lead: Professor Piran White, University of York