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Carbon & Climate
Who will pay to preserve tropical forests?
For decades, the international community has acknowledged the extraordinary value of tropical forests while failing to invest adequately in their conservation. The Tropical Forest Forever Facility, launched at last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, could help close this financing gap.
For Seychelles and other countries across the Western Indian Ocean region, marine conservation is a fundamental component of national development. But the ocean observes no national borders, which makes international cooperation and common financing instruments essential.
Carbon & Climate
Nature can’t wait
Although the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are spurring governments to increase spending on defence and focus more on economic growth, it would be a mistake to postpone investments designed to protect nature. In fact, meeting internationally agreed targets could add up to US$450 billion to annual global GDP by 2050.
The downlisting of recovering species can put conservation gains at risk when funding systems shift resources to species facing higher extinction risks.
All #conservation Opinion
8 September 2026
Carbon & Climate
Marine protection must serve China’s communities too
3 September 2026
Food & Agriculture
Southeast Asia holds the key to nature-positive palm oil
22 June 2026
Policy & Finance
How (not) to conserve tropical forests
19 June 2026
15 June 2026
3 March 2026
16 February 2026
Corporate Responsibility
Companies should be held accountable for the safety of wildlife in their concessions
2 February 2026
Policy & Finance
Philanthropy must dive deeper to save the ocean
22 January 2026
21 January 2026
Carbon & Climate
As climate diplomacy stalls, the economics are racing ahead
24 December 2025
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‘They invite us to speak, but not to decide’
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Carbon & Climate
COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
15 November 2025
Policy & Finance
Governments are failing environmental defenders. COP30 must act
Policy & Finance
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