GCP in the news
19 May 2011
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Biologists, conservationists and ecologists may seem better suited to save the rainforests, but in actual fact one of the most important tasks facing the world today may fall to financiers.</p>
28 Oct 2010
The global biodiversity crisis is so severe that brilliant scientists, political leaders, eco-warriors, and religious gurus can no longer save us from ourselves.
26 Oct 2010
The nearly 200 nations meeting now at the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan recognize the large financing gap between current spending on biodiversity conservation and the amount of funding actually needed.
22 Oct 2010
The solution for halting biodiversity loss lies in accounting for the costs of depleting nature in our economic system.
21 Oct 2010
In most intergovernmental conferences, the issues are not crucial or the agreements have been hammered out in advance. But the current diplomatic shindig, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), breaks the mould on both counts.
20 Oct 2010
Despite the importance of natural capital, humanity continues to destroy ecosystems at an alarming rate.
20 Oct 2010
For a fantastic guide to investing in ecosystems and biodiversity check out the Little Biodiversity Finance Book by the Global Canopy Programme.
24 Jun 2010
Palm oil is a popular, cheap commodity, which green activists are doing their best to turn into a commercial liability.
03 Nov 2009
People who know Andrew Mitchell don't bat an eye when he breaks into a rousing gibbon whoop in front of a packed lecture hall - or when they see him poring over papers with Prince Charles in Clarence House, or talking trees with indigenous leaders deep in the Amazon...