Biodiversity Credit Alliance

📣BCA's Technical Coordinator Josh Brann will be part of COASTAL QUEST's webinar, 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀: 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟯 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺 𝗣𝗦𝗧. 🌊The webinar brings together experts on Biodiversity Credits to discuss if, and how credits could help pay for coastal conservation and restoration work. A facilitated discussion will follow the speaker presentations 👉Register here: https://lnkd.in/eXnhnVPN

🌿BCA's first Forum Meeting of 2025 took place on Thursday, January 30th. To kick us off for the year, Maree Adshead, CEO of Eco-Markets Australia, shared more about their programs for Reef Credits and Cassowary Credits. Eco-Markets Australia is the first independent environmental markets administrator in Australia. Their Reef Credits program, created in 2019, is a water quality credit that aims to improve the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef. Cassowary Credits are biodiversity credits focused on Australia's Wet Tropics region, and is undergoing evaluation. Eco-Markets Australia is also exploring the possibility of stacking different credit types to help ensure the viability of projects. 📢BCA Forum meetings feature updates from the Secretariat, Communities Advisory Panel (CAP) and Working Groups, as well as sharings from Forum members about their work and insights into the biodiversity credit landscape. 👉Our next meeting is on 30 March 2025. If you're interested in joining the BCA Forum and participating in future Forum meetings and discussions, register your organisation's interest here: https://lnkd.in/d2rcP_5K

📣 𝗕𝗖𝗔'𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🌱The first BCA Forum Meeting is taking place tomorrow Thursday, 30 January 2025, at 14.00 CET! 🌿We’ll be sharing our regular updates from the secretariat, working groups and IEG (International Ecosystem Guardians), formerly CAP, and then we’ll move into a presentation on harnessing investments in nature by Eco-Markets Australia. 👉If you would like to join the BCA Forum and participate in future Forum meetings and discussions, register your organisation's interest here: https://lnkd.in/d2rcP_5K

🌱𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 The High-level Principles to Guide the Biodiversity Credit Market were recently presented at COP16 by Biodiversity Credit Alliance, International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits and World Economic Forum. These principles were co-developed with stakeholders, including input from the Communities Advisory Panel, to guide the market and provide a common understanding of good practice. BCA encourages you to review them and add your support by endorsing them when you visit our website: https://lnkd.in/e3Qw42sX

📺𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀: 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 🌿With over 52 methodologies for biodiversity credits out there, understanding how different metrics and measurements of biodiversity fit together is key for understanding the market. This expert panel hosted by the BCA explored the complexity of measuring biodiversity, as well as key considerations in data management such as ensuring that Indigenous Peoples and local communities have sovereignty over their data. 💡Check out the recording here: https://lnkd.in/e6yJaSff to hear from BCA’s Josh Brann, Hannah Simmons from ERA - Ecosystem Regeneration Associates, Nathalie Whitaker from the Toha Network, Orion McCarthy from SeaTrees and Richard Field from the University of Nottingham for this important discussion

📺𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆   💡During #COP16, BCA hosted a multi-stakeholder panel that discussed the meaning of demand integrity, its importance for unlocking demand for biodiversity credits, and ways we can build high integrity demand in the market.   🌿Check out the recording here: https://lnkd.in/ebSu_Jks and hear expert insights from Biodiversity Credit Alliance's Josh Brann, Esther Netshivhongweni from the Communities Advisory Panel, Alessandro Valentini from World Economic Forum, Toral Shah from Plan Vivo Foundation and Cain Blythe from CreditNature about the meaning of demand integrity and how it can be supported.

📺At COP16, Biodiversity Credit Alliance, International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits and World Economic Forum were excited to present the High-level Principles to Guide the Biodiversity Credit Market. These principles aim to guide the market and build a common understanding of good practice, and were developed after an extensive consultative process with various stakeholders. You can check out the recording of the event here: https://lnkd.in/e9gwHjqv 🌿BCA, IAPB and WEF are looking forward to officially publishing these principles. If you would like to endorse the principles, please reach out to the BCA Secretariat (secretariat@biodiversitycreditalliance.org). 💡Check out the event recording for a presentation of the principles, as well as to hear from our speakers Midori Paxton, UNDP, Sören Müller, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Sandy Sheard CBE, International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits and Alessandro Valentini, World Economic Forum. The panel discussion is moderated by Samantha Lacey from The Biodiversity Consultancy Ltd and features Nkamunu Patita, EarthAcre and the Communities Advisory Panel, Juan Camilo Pinto, Ph.D., Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Leonardo Busatto, BRDE, Hanieh Moghani, Communities Advisory Panel, Cain Blythe, CreditNature, Owain Griffiths, Volvo Cars, with closing remarks from Manesh Lacoul of the Biodiversity Credit Alliance.

🌿The 15th BCA Forum meeting was held on Thursday, November 14th, featuring a presentation from Oliver Bolton, the CEO and co-founder of Earthly. Their voluntary biodiversity credits scheme is based on the methodology developed for the UK's Biodiversity Net Gain policy, and the first batch of credits from their project with the South Downs National Park were recently purchased. BNG units are broken down into smaller areas of nine square meters, which must be secured for 30 years. Earthly uses 106 indicators spread out across carbon, biodiversity and social benefits to allow carbon and nature-based projects to be evaluated and show their potential to deliver on biodiversity and social impact goals as well as carbon. 📢BCA Forum meetings are held every six weeks and feature updates from the Secretariat, Communities Advisory Panel (CAP) and Working Groups, as well as sharings from Forum members about their work and insights into the biodiversity credit landscape. 👉Interested in taking part? To join the BCA Forum and participate in future Forum meetings and discussions, register your organisation's interest here: https://lnkd.in/d2rcP_5K

📺Didn't manage to make it to #COP16? BCA will be sharing recordings of our events that took place during the conference. 💡Our first panel, Building the Future: Digitally Native Frameworks for Scaling Biodiversity Credits is now on YouTube! Check out the recording here: https://lnkd.in/ejiXSMpi 🌿Moderated by The HBAR Foundation Hania Othman, this panel discussed guidelines for the practitioners in the biodiversity credit ecosystem to support the enabling of digitally native biodiversity markets, which can help foster trust and efficiency in the market. Join Nathalie Whitaker from the Toha Network, Terence Hay-Edie from UNDP and Fabian Schmidt-Pramov of biometrio.earth as they discuss principles that can be reflected and embedded within rule-based digital solutions for biodiversity credit issuance, transfer, and retirement.

📢BCA's Global Coordinator Manesh Lacoul will be speaking at the Annual Roundtable Conference on Sustainable Palm Oil in Bangkok, Thailand, from 11 to 13 November 2024. If you're there in-person, don't miss this important discussion about biodiversity financing and the future of sustainable palm oil!