The fifth BIO-CAPITAL Deep Dive explored how Biodiversity Certificates can create transparency and trust in nature-positive finance. Flore Bastelica of Carbone 4 presented this new instrument as a credible alternative to carbon offsets, focusing on real ecological contributions rather than compensation.
Ecosystem services like clean water, fertile soil and flood protection are essential yet remain invisible in economic systems. BIO-CAPITAL’s third Deep Dive by AgroSolutions explores how Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) can change this by rewarding land managers who protect and restore nature.
Triple Capital Accounting (TCA) redefines what “profit” means by integrating nature and community into financial reporting. Presented by Diana Tomakh (GND Partners) at BIO-CAPITAL’s second Deep Dive, TCA adds Natural and Social capital to the traditional financial model, making ecosystems and human wellbeing visible on balance sheets.
Insurance can protect more than property—it can safeguard ecosystems. In the first BIO-CAPITAL Deep Dive, Ahmet Rasim Demirtaş from Agcurate BV introduced parametric insurance as a fast, data-driven way to support conservation.
BIO-CAPITAL links finance, policy, and remote sensing to redefine biodiversity’s value. Led by Oikoplus, the team uses clear narratives—like the zoo metaphor—to explain how geospatial analytics and financial tools can attract private investment for biodiversity protection.
Commentary by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hynek Roubík: For decades, biodiversity was seen as a moral and ecological duty, not a financial one. Now, as climate finance expands and sustainability enters boardrooms, the question has shifted from whether to invest in nature to how. Biodiversity urgently needs a viable business model.
BIO-CAPITAL will be present at the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna to present new research on biodiversity certificates.
The RESTOREID project aims at unnderstanding the links between biodiversity, restoration, and disease spillover. Lucinda Kirkpatrick is the coordinator of the EU-funded initiative and a Lecturer at the University of Bangor. She met with BIO-CAPITAL for an Interview.
At a pivotal gathering in Prague, the BIO-CAPITAL consortium advanced its mission to link biodiversity conservation with innovative financial and geospatial solutions.
BIO-CAPITAL is excited to announce its partnership with the International Multidisciplinary Conference for Young Researchers (MCYR) 2025.
17 Partner organizations from 13 countries meet in Prague for the BIO-CAPITAL consortium meeting.
In a promising move for environmental sustainability and public health, Hynek Roubík, coordinator of the BIO-CAPITAL project, and Lucinda Kirkpatrick, coordinator of the RESTOREID project, recently met to explore ways their projects could collaborate — and the potential is exciting.
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