The current state, opportunities and challenges for upscaling private investment in biodiversity in Europe.

ABSTRACT: European countries have committed to ambitious upscaling of privately funded nature conservation. We review the status and drivers of biodiversity finance in Europe. By implementing semistructured interviews with 25 biodiversity finance key informants and three focus groups across Europe, we explore opportunities and challenges for upscaling private investment in nature. Opportunities arise from macroeconomic and regulatory changes, along with various technological and financial innovations and growing professional experience. However, persistent barriers to upscaling include the ongoing lack of highly profitable investment opportunities and the multitude of risks facing investors, including political, ecological and reputational risks influencing supply and demand of investment opportunit

SUBMITTER: Zu Ermgassen SOSE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11893444 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature