Biodiversity Conservation

We work with the objective of contributing to the biodiversity conservation in environmental, social and economic aspects.

Climate change

We support decision makers in the climate agenda focused on ecosystem conservation and restoration projects and biodiversity.

Ecosystem restoration

The approaches developed by IIS aim to assist the planning and implementation of vegetation recovery projects, exploring synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and costs, under a variety of scenarios.

Sustainable development

We seek to promote the transition to sustainability, contributing to the balance between socioeconomic development, biodiversity conservation and rational use of natural resources.

Sustainable Land Use

We promote the transition from the traditional agricultural practices to a more sustainable land management, helping to mitigate climate change and guaranteeing the future of the next generations.

Economic Analysis

We seek to strengthen and defend the basic principles of balance between the economy and the environment, favoring research, planning and management in public and private fields, linked to the relationship between ecological, social and economic systems, in order to improve social well-being.

Policies

We assist in the formulation of policies aimed at sustainability, as well as the implementation of practical actions, working in partnership with public sector bodies and other organizations.

Spatial intelligence

Through landscape modeling and monitoring, we identify the patterns and trends of social and ecological systems, supporting decision makers through quantitative statistics and mapped scenarios.

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Future-proofing nature finance: Towards building climate-resilient biodiversity credits

The policy brief “Future-proofing nature finance: Towards building climate-resilient biodiversity credits” draws attention to a critical gap in current biodiversity credit (“biocredit”) initiatives: the lack of consideration of howclimatechangewill reshape ecosystems.

Because climate change affects the dynamics and distribution of biodiversity, short-term gains recorded by biocreditsmay not be sustained over time. This undermines both the functionality and the credibility of these instruments. The brief emphasizes the need to integrate climate risk and adaptation strategies into the design of biocreditsand offers recommendations to ensure their long-term ecological and financial integrity.

The brief builds uponpreliminary research conducted by IIS in partnership with re.green. The work was authored by Stella Manes, Sara Mortara (re.green), Luisa F. Liévano-Latorre, Fernando Resende, Renata Capellão, Vinícius F. Farjalla, Juliana M. de Almeida-Rocha, Viviane Dib, Agnieszka Latawiec, Carlos Alberto Scaramuzza, Paulo D. Branco, Rafael Loyola, Bernardo Strassburg, and Pedro H. S. Brancalion(re.green).

The study reviewed 24 global biodiversity credit initiatives, analyzing the biodiversity dimensions considered, methods applied, co-benefits, and other recurring patterns. It also provides recommendations to strengthen the effectiveness and robustness of these initiatives in measuring and valuing biodiversity.