Biodiversity finance mechanisms
Credits, trust funds and the newer ways money reaches nature.
4 resources
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BIOFIN
UNDP biodiversity finance initiative, country plans and funding solutions
Read your country's finance plan to see which mechanisms the government already backs
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RedLAC
Network of environmental trust funds across Latin America and the Caribbean since 1999, with an annual conservation finance congress. In Spanish
Approach the regional environmental fund covering your country, and attend the finance congress
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Cercarbono biodiversity certification protocol
A working biodiversity credit standard with ten-year crediting periods, used mostly in Latin America
Read an actual credit protocol before deciding whether biodiversity credits could fund your site
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TNC view on biodiversity credits
Explainer separating biodiversity credits from offsets, for deciding whether to engage with credit markets at all
Read it before a broker approaches you, so you can tell a credit from an offset