Science-based Markets for Nature Recovery

Lead Research Organisation: University of Oxford
Department Name: Smith School of Enterprise and the Env

Abstract

This project seeks to construct an interdisciplinary expert and stakeholder community to uncover and pilot using 'discoverable' data to construct a usable and scientifically rigorous biodiversity dataset. To achieve that, the project will be
led by the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, in partnership with WCMC and Catapult, in four key stages:
Stage One: Network building
Stage Two: construction of a strawman for integrating biodiversity in ESG metrics
Stage Three: Testing and revising the strawman
Stage Four: White Paper, Next Steps and Capacity Building
The project will result in:
(1) a community of committed stakeholders;
(2) a concept note of use cases of biodiversity metrics, existing data and capacity availability and gaps;
(3) a tested blueprint of what a biodiversity finance database would look like;
(4) an agreed-upon plan of next steps forward.

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