26 May 2023 / WORDS BY Dr Helen Crowley

Laws aimed at protecting and regenerating nature are encountering resistence in the European parliament – an early indication that we need to address people’s fears and misunderstandings about biodiversity and explain how nature can work for them.

26 May 2023 / WORDS BY Kirsty Galloway McLean

We have already seen how new digital technologies are making a difference in our transition to a nature positive future. They enable more effective data collection, automate time-consuming processes, enhance management decision-making, and support targeted monitoring for agreements and goals. This only reinforces the incredible potential of AI to better support biodiversity protection and buttress industry efforts towards meeting global conservation and sustainable development goals. We know “There is No Planet B” – but perhaps we’re improving our outlook for “Planet A(I)”.

18 May 2023 / WORDS BY Gemma Cranston and Rohit Das

This week Pollination attended the UK Real Estate Infrastructure & Investment Summit and brought together a panel to discuss the key role nature plays in transitioning the sector to net zero. Pollination Executive Directors Gemma Cranston and Rohit Das outline the five key takeaways that the industry should be considering.

22 April 2023 / WORDS BY John Ambler and Harriet Ampt

Delta Blue Carbon is an ambitious project that is restoring critical mangrove habitat, creating a large carbon market that is genuinely nature-positive, and offering the local community tangible benefits and a starring role in the restoration and stewardship of their environment.

Now in its seventh year, Delta Blue Carbon’s second phase (DBC-2) is commencing. In this phase, Pollination, Indus Delta Capital, and the Government of Sindh will nearly double the size of the project, to a total of about 6,000 square kilometers.

To prepare for this expansion, in collaboration with the project team, Pollination designed and co-led a series of workshops – known as social and biodiversity impact assessment workshops – with a cross-section of community members in the delta. Over the course of six days, these communities described challenges they face including a lack of roads, electricity, drinking water, food, livelihoods opportunities, education, and medical care.

19 April 2023 / WORDS BY Pollination

Target 19 of the Montreal-Kunming Global Biodiversity Framework refers to biodiversity credits as a potential mechanism for financial resource mobilisation. Establishing robust governance frameworks is critical for these markets to reach their potential as they mature. This paper sets out high-level principles and recommendations to shape these markets to deliver nature positive and equitable outcomes, while providing an innovative, scalable source of finance for nature.

28 March 2023 / WORDS BY Laura Waterford

Biodiversity credits are quickly becoming part of the policy agenda for increasing the flow of private sector financing into projects that will halt and reverse nature loss. They are a new, emerging instrument, and this means we have the chance to shape the market to ensure credits truly create nature-positive results – and that they do so sustainably and equitably.