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raesl
on Fri, 10/09/2026 - 18:28
General Information
Resolution
52728
Period covered
Resolution implementation status
31-60% - Moderate
Comments
Strong involvement through different project in Europe, and growing in other regions such as ORMACC.
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
| Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec | Activities Overview | Description | Status | Action |
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| All | Policy influencing/advocacy | 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. |
On-going | Full activity report |
| All | Policy influencing/advocacy | 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 | Full activity report |
| All | Policy influencing/advocacy | 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 | Full activity report |
| All | Field activities | France has recently updated its regulatory framework, transitioning to “France Crédits Biodiversité” program, marking a significant scaling-up that translates into a target of 15 M€ raised for 30 sites by 2030. Various French stakeholders are involved (banks, public institutions, NGOs, etc.). | On-going | Full activity report |
| All | Policy influencing/advocacy | At the European level, work on the nature credit roadmap is continuing with the goal of establishing a European framework for nature credits by 2027; France is fully committed in those discussions. | On-going | Full activity report |
| Scientific/technical activities | France and UK launched in 2023 the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) to develop international principles on integrity of biodiversity credits and to promote harmonization of national biodiversity credit markets that meet these criteria. FR and UK still finance the IAPB, which is working on: 1) intergov convening and cap. building, 2) creation of soft standards, 3) supporting countries to develop their legal frameworks. | Planned | Full activity report | |
| 1 | Policy influencing/advocacy | participation to BCA expert group ; exchanges with IAPB ; participation to EU Nature Credit expert group | On-going | Full activity report |
| 2a | Scientific/technical activities | project research dedicated to biodiversity measure for project certification |
On-going | Full activity report |
| 2 | Scientific/technical activities | : project research dedicated to local biodiversity certificates framework | On-going | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
| IUCN Members | IUCN Commissions | IUCN Secretariat | Other non-IUCN related organisations |
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Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
| Challenges / lessons learned | Description | Action |
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| Monitoring and accountability issues | Measuring biodiversity and additionality is challenging. |
Full activity report |
| Insufficient / lack of resources | - Still a tool that is difficult to understand, with various approaches / definitions / legal frameworks (not harmonized). |
Full activity report |
| Coordination issues | Many different projects and competing frameworks are being investigated and developed simultaneously |
Full activity report |
Report status
Published