S2E1: Eco-nomics: Putting a value on nature is also key to saving it

Businesses are buying into new financial products that could help
save nature, but funds for nature’s protection have not reached
the scale required. 


Synopsis: Every first and third Sunday of the month, The Straits
Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from
biodiversity conservation to climate change.


Coral reef bonds, biodiversity credits and schemes that enable
national debt to be forgiven in exchange for conservation
efforts.


These are just some of the financial instruments that have been
in the news recently, as the world races to find the funds needed
to prevent nature from falling into further decline. But when did
the financial sector start paying attention to nature, and can
their involvement in conservation truly help to protect and
restore natural ecosystems? 


Financing for nature is expected to be a key topic of discussion
at the COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia in October. In
the lead-up to the United Nations summit, Green Pulse co-hosts
Audrey Tan and David Fogarty discuss the role of the financial
sector in nature conservation with Ms Hoon Ling Min, investment
director at decarbonisation investment platform GenZero.


Highlights (click/tap above):


4:05 Who are the buyers of nature-linked investment
products? 


9:14 What drives the development of new types of nature-related
financial products? 


15:43 In the absence of a measurable metric for nature, how can
biodiversity benefits be quantified? 


17:30 How important is the role of the private sector in
protecting nature?


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Hosts: Audrey Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg) & David Fogarty
(dfogarty@sph.com.sg)


Produced and edited by: Hadyu Rahim


Executive producer: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong


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