This panel will bring together scientific, financial, standard-setter and practitioner perspectives to explore how rigorous coral biodiversity accounting and monitoring science can and should underpin high-integrity market-based approaches to finance coral reef conservation, such as coral biodiversity credits, stewardship incentives, insurance products and other mechanisms.
Following opening remarks from the Biodiversity Credits Alliance (BCA), Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF), panellists from Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, Verra, the Conservation Finance Alliance and Mirova, will discuss and provide examples of the opportunity for Nature Markets to drive private sector investment and empower First Nations Peoples and reef communities to accelerate and scale up coral reef conservation, restoration and adaptation.