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on Thu, 10/08/2026 - 14:30
General Information
Period covered
IUCN Constituent
IUCN Secretariat
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Secretariat
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
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Policy influencing/advocacy
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As part of the Technical Support Instrument (TSI) project, implemented by the Economy and Finance Team, "Support for the Assessment of EHS and for the Preparation of National Biodiversity Finance Plans in Belgium, Finland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (TSI Project)" biodiversity credits, and scaling the existing pilots, have been developed as part of the recommendations for National Biodiversity Finance Plans for Finland and the Netherlands.
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Policy influencing/advocacy
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The European Regional Office is part of the European Commission Expert Group on Nature credits. Work in this group has been organised through (so far) four meetings and on to come in December 2026 (between 3 and 4 per year) and focussed on five workstreams. No agreement, conclusion or deliverable has emerged from discussions.
o WS 1: Methodologies and metrics o WS 2: Governance and integrity o WS 3: Market readiness and finance o WS 4: Policy coherence o WS 5: International cooperation |
On-going
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Policy influencing/advocacy
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IUCN EURO is implementing the Technical Support Instrument (TSI) Project ‘Support to the Development of the National Restoration Plans of Croatia, the Netherlands and Poland Inception Report – extension nature credits’. The work in this project focuses on the following main deliverables:
- Report on relevant indicators and methodologies to support the design of nature credits (with a screening methodology to assess existing schemes and recommendations to the Beneficiary Member states) - Report on financing mechanism and value proposition for nature credits - Report with recommendations for high-integrity governance of nature credits |
Planned
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Actors involved in this resolution
| IUCN Members | IUCN Commissions | IUCN Secretariat | Other non-IUCN related organisations |
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Ministère de l'Environnement, du Climat et de la Biodiversité ( Luxembourg )
Ministry of the Environment of Finland ( Finland )
Service Public Fédéral Santé publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne Alimentaire et Environnement ( Belgium )
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No IUCN Commissions involved
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Yes
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Challenges / lessons learned
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Monitoring and accountability issues
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Measuring biodiversity and additionality is challenging. |
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iucn-nature-credits-brief.pdf
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Report status
Published