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ABC-Map, the Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping tool is now live

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Join a live demonstration of the ABC-Map on 7 February.

Developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with support from the French Development Agency (AFD) and the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), ABC-Map is a geospatial app that allows users to assess the environmental impact of projects in agriculture.  [Read more…] about ABC-Map, the Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping tool is now live

Course on Integrating Natural Capital into Investment Decisions

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CSF will be teaching an in-person course on Integrating Natural Capital into Investment Decisions, on November 8th and 9th at Conservation International Headquarters in Washington, DC. The training will be led by Kim Bonine, CSF’s Training Director, David Meyers, Executive Director of Conservation Finance Alliance Executive Director, and Marcello Hernández-Blanco.

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Value Commission Public Consultation Launch

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The Value Commission is a three-year collaborative project hosted by Capitals Coalition, which brings together Commissioners from around the world to drive transparency and accountability across the application and use of value factors.

The Commission is launching a public consultation for the co-design and development of transparent global criteria for the creation and use of value factors and consolidating existing efforts into an open-access platform.

Join us on Wednesday, 2 August 2023, for the launch of the public consultation of the draft transparency criteria. [Read more…] about Value Commission Public Consultation Launch

Webinar: Traditional knowledge for financial stability

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Sustainable Finance for Biodiversity (SF4B) will hold a webinar on traditional knowledge for financial stability, with guest speaker Kamaljit Sangha – Associate Professor in Ecological Economics at Charles Darwin University and long standing ESP member. The event will take place 24 August 2023, 16h (CET), 9h (COL), 11h (São Paulo); with interpretation in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

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Millennia-old traditional knowledge has proven to align with planetary boundaries and enable stability. These inspiring practices offer sustainable ways to address biodiversity loss and the climate change crisis, bringing together indigenous , local communities’ and investors’ interests. Nevertheless, mainstreamed sustainable finance discourses continue to place their hopes on Western science-based information, often navigating political compromises. [Read more…] about Webinar: Traditional knowledge for financial stability