strategy
Developing criteria and indicators for biodiversity investment
Synonyms:
Measuring impacts of biodiversity investments Description:
If new investments, especially of private capital, are to be encouraged for biodiversity-related activities then criteria and indicators will be required as a means of identifying the investments impact on biodiversity. Context:
In 1995, twelve nations with 90% of the world's temperate and boreal forests came together under the Montreal Process Working Group to endorse a comprehensive set of "criteria and indicators" of sustainable forest management. Today, over 150 countries are beginning to implement such criteria and indicators. Implementation:
Criteria options include certification processes and ecolabelling schemes for forestry, fisheries, tourism, farming and mining. Facilitates:
Promoting environmental shareholder activismDeveloping private sector investment strategies for biodiversity conservation Subjects:
Commerce → InvestmentResearch, Standards → Measurement
Research, Standards → Quality unification
Development → Development
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
