EEA/NCE/21/003 - Scoping study on areas of opportunity and innovation in economics for protection/restoration of biodiversity

This study should support the EEA in scoping and framing areas of opportunity and innovation for financing biodiversity and ecosystem restoration. The increased urgency and need to mobilise resources to support the biodiversity and ecosystem restoration agenda call for bridging the gap between current EEA state of nature assessments and the lack of action in the field of economics of biodiversity, financing biodiversity, and biodiversity-linked investment opportunities. The aim is to examine whether the EEA has a role in providing advice on financing mechanisms and economic instruments, including stepping up efforts in identifying business cases in order to make these more digestible and measurable for investors to translate them into investment action.

EEA/NCE/21/003 - Scoping study on areas of opportunity and innovation in economics for protection/restoration of biodiversity — 19 Feb 2021