’s landmass. These forests support very high levels of biodiversity, provide a wide range of ecosystem services (for example, bush … customary rights of local people, and conserving biodiversity represents a major challenge. This project focuses on the mining … feasibility of implementing a national biodiversity offset scheme in Liberia to help minimize adverse impacts on biodiversity and …

The Lao PDR sits at the intersection of four critical ecoregions and is home to some of the world's biologically … richest and most endangered terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and species. The biodiversity endowment is crucial to the Lao … greener economic growth model. But Lao biodiversity is in danger. The highest priority threats to the country's biodiversity …

Biodiversity represents the variety of life on Earth, including the full range of ecosystems, species, and genes …. Biodiversity conservation efforts to date have achieved a great deal to help secure the continued functioning of many threatened … ecosystems and the survival of numerous species. Biodiversity offsets can: (i) improve the conservation outcomes from large …

Biodiversity loss will be an increasingly important source of risk and opportunity for the insurance sector. The …. Understanding the physical and transition risks associated with biodiversity loss and working to mitigate the damage to biodiversity … biodiversity risks in several ways: as underwriters, as investors, and as corporate citizens. Insurers will be impacted both by …

Biodiversity and ecosystem services, or nature for short, underpin many aspects of economic activity and are … COVID-19 pandemic is likely an example of how the disturbance of ecosystems can have systemic consequences. As biodiversity … that are potentially harmful to biodiversity. This paper argues that governments and regulators, supported by financial …

being provided in a world shaped by climate change. This is the fourth edition of the Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance …

This working paper commissioned by the World Bank Carbon Markets and Innovation Practice (GCCMI) critically examines …

inform the design and implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, as well as the World Bank Group …Unlocking Nature-Smart Development: An Approach Paper on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is part of a series of … papers by the World Bank Group that outlines the development challenges and opportunities associated with blue and green …