Search Results

Showing 1 - 10 of 38 results for "ecosystem services"

Australia's ecosystems get a dollar value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has measured local "ecosystem services" - nature's contributions to the economy and other human activity. The most valuable service identified was climate regulation through carbon storage. Australia's ecosystems ...

Nature and climate now on equal footing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... per the World Wildlife Fund - has material business impacts, with half of Australia's GDP dependent on ecosystem services. The first step to protecting nature is stronger baseline environmental protection laws, with tougher enforcement, says Parker. ...

Help on nature, climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... nature-related concepts and definitions, following the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). TNFD previously enhanced interoperability with the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) on ...

Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... the recently published GRI 101 Biodiversity Standard and the ISSB's imminent Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services project. According to IFRS Foundation trustees chair Erkki Liikanen, regulators and standard setters play complimentary roles ...

ISSB digital standards not perfect

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... initiatives related to nature-related and human capital risks and opportunities. Biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and human capital are all on the table. It will not immediately act on human rights - but it will monitor developments for ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... response to the biodiversity crisis. Over half of global GDP relies moderately or highly on natural capital and ecosystem services. And in Australia, industries like agriculture, fishing, tourism, and manufacturing depend heavily on natural resources. ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... impact, adopt no deforestation policies in line with global best practice voluntary commitments, incorporate ecosystem services into land valuations, apply nature risk and opportunity frameworks to operations and value chains. "Nature and biodiversity ...

UniSuper, pension funds buy forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... biodiversity markets." In December 2022, Forico became the first forestry manager in Australia to achieve FSC Ecosystem Services certification for its approach to protecting the biodiversity values across its estate.

New Forests adds California forestry assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... habitat," and will also look at environmental opportunities such as "conservation easements and valuation of ecosystem services to further achieve positive environmental outcomes alongside financial return." The McCloud Forest sits adjacent to two other ...

New nature-based team for AECOM ANZ

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... output - US$44 trillion of economic value generation - is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its ecosystem services. These include climate regulation, carbon storage, pollination, and water regulation. Therefore, nature-based solutions are ...
PAGE:
1
PREVIOUS
NEXT