Biodiversity and nature credit markets: opportunities and challenges for landowners and land managers

Publication date: 18/11/2024
Extent: 32 pages

Contributions by: Jo Treweek, eCountability Ltd, UK

Chapter synopsis:

This chapter provides an overview of some of the nature markets and finance mechanisms, which may provide farmers and land managers with opportunities to integrate farming for nature into their businesses, generating new revenue streams, and also offering opportunities to draw private finance into conservation across supply chains in the agriculture sector. The author considers the drivers behind these new markets and provide an overview of some of the opportunities and challenges they may bring.

DOI: 10.19103/AS.2024.0133.12