ThinkForest webinar: Sustainable Finance, Forests and Biodiversity

Our ThinkForest event took place on 29 April 2024. It explored sustainable finance and biodiversity in the context of the EU Taxonomy, asking:
How can we define criteria and indicators for biodiversity maintenance as well as improvement for forest ecosystems?
How can we make sure and monitor that these biodiversity-related criteria and indicators are met (e.g. in forest restoration)?
How can private finance support biodiversity protection and enhancement and make it their business case?
Speakers included:
02:44 Opening words:
Robert Mavsar, Director, European Forest Institute (EFI)
08:16 How to link finance to forest biodiversity - what can science tell us?
Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Professor, Wageningen University and Research
31:42 Panel discussion, moderated by Diana Tuomasjukka, Head of Bioeconomy Programme, EFI
Private finance and biodiversity protection - conflicting or complementing courses of action?
Cornelia Frentz, Director Governance and Sustainable Investing, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
Esa-Jussi Viitala, Senior Scientist in Bioeconomy Policies and Markets Research Group at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)
Wendelin von Gravenreuth, Head of Illiquid Assets Forestry, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, Germany
Fanny-Pomme Langue, Secretary General CEPF, Brussels
1:22:02 Closing words:
Helga Pülzl, Assistant Director for Policy Support, EFI