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A tropical forests mechanism can help scale-up financing to protect the world's forests

The proposed mechanism could attract and deploy financial resources to countries committed to forest conservation, write Pedro Moura Costa, Tasso Azevedo and Ilona Szabó

SBTi urged by nature investors to allow offsets

A group of prominent nature investors and conservation advisers have urged the Science-based Targets initiative (SBTi) to allow offsets within transition plans and proposed key principles to ensure 'guardrails' are put in place.

CIP co-leads $210m funding for US biocarbon producer

Mirova partners with Rainforest Alliance for nature-based projects

Averon Park plots acquisition of Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company

Sustainable infrastructure investor Averon Park has made a bid to acquire and take private London-listed timber investor Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company in a cash deal valuing the company at £167 million ($212.3 million).

The private sector must play a much greater role in the sustainability transition

Investment in sustainable landscapes could rise ten-fold, to one trillion dollars or more, writes David Brand

People Moves, 10 May: Aviva, DBS, New Forests, Länsförsakringär, ING ... and more

People Moves, 15 March: Low Carbon, Persefoni, New Forests, CDP, EdenTree, SBTi ... and more

2024 seeing a 'wave of optimism' for nature investments, says New Forests

Following difficulties fundraising last year, 2024 has started with a "wave of optimism", New Forests said, as it continues to expand its client base and move into new regions.

COP28: EU 'slowing progress on Article 6'

As negotiations on Article 6 continue into the second week of COP28, Environmental Finance has heard that EU may be looking to 'curtail' negotiations amid concerns about how its own carbon mechanisms could be affected.