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I'm particularly interested in how these biodiversity credits will interact with corporate sustainability efforts. As companies face increasing pressure to address their environmental impacts, biodiversity credits could become a valuable tool. However, there's a risk of these credits being used as a form of greenwashing (as always) if not properly regulated and understood.

The alignment between biodiversity credit markets and nature accounting frameworks is a positive development. It could create a more cohesive approach to managing biodiversity impacts across different sectors and scales.

While challenges remain, the progress in this field is promising. It represents an important step towards quantifying and valuing biodiversity, which is crucial for its conservation in our economic-driven world.

This is truly a very detailed and informative piece of content. Thank you so much for providing such an in-depth look at biodiversity credit calculation.

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Fantastic insight thank you for sharing

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comprehensive and clear, thank you simas.

one observation, as you say transparency is key, reading this I jumped to some of the references, e.g. wilderlands to cassinia to pollination to climate.asset.managment to sustainable markets initiative to wedgetail and on and on...every time I'm asking "show me the money, what is your business/funding model, show me the projects, show me the results" and EVERY time I'm just drawing a blank, its ridiculously obscure & shadowy...

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Thanks Rupert! Haha, I understand you. For the early phases of the regenerative economics/finance to work (if at all, ofc), we require a lot of wishful thinking. Many of these companies' founders reflect that. To be blunt, money making from protecting/restoring nature isn't compatible with traditional money making. I look at these companies as the necessary pioneers who will hopefully stay afloat long enough for the political pressure to protect/restore ecosystems to reach unignorable scale

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