Biodiversity Credits
Verified biodiversity conservation projects funded through biodiversity credits or direct payments
Biodiversity Credit Supplies
In recent years Ekos has been developing the BioCredita programme to support biodiversity conservation projects that require on-going funding to either restore biodiversity habitat, or protect existing habitat that would otherwise degrade with out conservation management.
We will soon have our first demonstration project ready to supply biodiversity credits to those seeking an Ekos carbon certification (e.g., Carbon Conscious, Climate Positive), for your ESG or TNFD reporting, or for those simply seeking to support biodiversity conservation by purchasing biodiversity credits. Watch this space.
Later in 2024 we will open up the BioCredita programme to new projects, so watch this space then also.
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari
Waikato
Standard
The standard for the BioCredita Programme is the Ekos-SD Standard. ‘SD’ stands for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Ekos-SD Standard covers all requirements for project development, verification, and credit issuance
Biodiversity Projects
Projects
BioCredita projects fulfil all requirements of the Ekos-SD Standard to develop a combined Business Plan/Management Plan that gets 3rd-party validated (audited) to the Ekos-SD Standard
Verification
Annual Project Monitoring Reports are 3rd-party verified by an Ekos-approved verifier to prove that the claimed project benefits have been delivered
Credits
Biodiversity Credits are issued in the Ekos-SD Registry. The Registry ensures that project data is tamper-proof, transparent, and publicly disclosed
We will be ready to work with new projects soon… watch this space
Project Documentation
Standard
Methodological
Guidance
Methodological
Guidance
The project development process uses the Ekos-SD Standard and methodological guidance to create all project documentation and evidence of the benefits delivered by the project.
Projects can be structured in one of two ways:
Management Biodiversity Credits: Measured, reported and verified biodiversity conservation management. For example, invasive pest and weed control necessary to restore and protect biodiversity habitat.
Ecosystem Biodiversity Credits: Measured, reported and verified quantitative beneficial change in ecosystem metrics (e.g., increases in number of species present) resulting from conservation management interventions delivered by the project.
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