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Projects Registered
A number of Australian and International projects are undergoing feasibility scoping. To be eligible for validation as a NaturePlus™ Project, projects must first be registered and certified under the Accounting for Nature® Framework.
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Project Issuing Credits
Once validated, under the NaturePlus™ Standard, project activities are reported on and verified before credits are issued.
Click here to view a map of registered and verified projects.
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Credits issued
Each NaturePlus™ Credit represents one-hectare of measured and verified restoration or conservation of environmental condition.
NaturePlus™ is a new biodiversity credit scheme developed by GreenCollar, Australia’s foremost environmental market developer and investor. It informs and incentivises evidence-based decision-making for biodiversity by generating credits from projects that achieve positive impacts for nature.
NaturePlus™ applies a scientifically robust environmental accounting framework provided by Accounting for Nature® to benchmark, measure and
track environmental condition of native species and ecosystems on a global scale. By doing so NaturePlus™ enables voluntary investment in projects that continually demonstrate real, measurable and independently verified biodiversity outcomes.
Latest news: A major leap in the evolution of biodiversity markets as Accounting for Nature® takes over NaturePlus® Standard
Driving finance into positive biodiversity outcomes
According to a recent report by environmental consultancy Pollination, “biodiversity credit markets are increasingly being recognised as one mechanism that can drive financing into the protection, regeneration and stewardship of biodiversity.” In its report titled, State of the Voluntary Market: A global review of credit schemes, Pollination identifies four key design considerations that emerging credit schemes should incorporate and outlines six key areas of development over the next five years.
Read the report here.
Corporate investment and claims guidance
Businesses should be working to integrate nature into decision making, disclose their nature-related risk, and ultimately support a shift away from negative impact and towards nature-positive outcomes. We believe that biodiversity credits have a role to play in mitigating risk and delivering on nature-related commitments, and there is a clear distinction between biodiversity credits and compliance-based offsetting for biodiversity loss.
NaturePlus™ Project proponents, buyers and investors in biodiversity credits need to ensure any claims relating to their use are clear and accurate. To help potential investors understand the current biodiversity credit landscape, GreenCollar has co-authored a discussion paper with law firm Gilbert + Tobin: Using and Making Claims About Biodiversity Credits: A Stocktake of Current Frameworks and Next Steps.
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NaturePlus™ Standard
The NaturePlus™ Standard provides the rules that all projects must comply with to be validated as NaturePlus™ Projects and generate NaturePlus™ Credits. It also sets out the requirements for the Registry in which projects are listed and credits are issued and transferred.
NaturePlus™ Guide
Standards and methodologies are often complex. The NaturePlus™ Guide has been developed to help explain how elements of the scheme works and how the scheme interacts with the Accounting for Nature® Framework.
NaturePlus™ Claims Guidance
Investors should note that making accurate claims about biodiversity credit use is essential. The NaturePlus™ Claims Guide has been developed to provide guidance for investors looking to make claims around NaturePlus™ Credit investment.
Report: State of the Voluntary Biodiversity Market
Biodiversity credit schemes can help bridge the gap between existing levels of public sector funding and the scale of investment required to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. In this report, environmental consultancy Pollination identifies four key design considerations that emerging credit schemes should incorporate and outlines six key areas of development over the next five years.
