Nature’s investment frontier: Practical paths forward for biodiversity markets and finance

Given a ballooning finance gap for nature, and the obvious materiality of nature risk to business, there is renewed interest in economic instruments that can drive private investment toward interventions to avert biodiversity loss or restore degraded ecosystems, and in doing so generate attractive cash flows. This report offers a set of expert perspectives, including lessons learned and recommendations on what the forward path looks like to drive more private investment into nature and biodiversity. 

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