At its June 2026 General Assembly in Bucharest, the BIO-CAPITAL consortium refined its vision for measuring biodiversity gain and developing credible biodiversity certificates. Discussions focused on financial instruments, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring the project's methods can support long-term biodiversity assessment and conservation financing.
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.
BIO-CAPITAL will be present at the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna to present new research on biodiversity certificates.
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