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While investors have historically placed their climate and biodiversity efforts in different siloes, delegates at the first Global Nature Positive Summit say more value can be achieved by considering them holistically.

The tech giant is by no means done with its buying spree – any onlookers wishing to get in on the action might have to move fast before supply becomes constrained.

The secondaries specialist’s timberland portfolio has grown to have 31,000 km2 footprint and removed 15.9 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere in 2023/24.

The fund manager has now raised $125m against a $300m for Export Finance Fund I.

The vehicle has a long-term goal to remove one gigaton of carbon dioxide-equivalents from the atmosphere by 2050.

The AFF20 reveals firms had to have raised at least $845m between 2019-23 to be among the top 20 capital raisers in food, forestry and natural capital.

Managing director John Morton linked plans for a 'landscape-scale regenerative agriculture play in Africa' to the future prospects of carbon markets at Climate Week in New York.

The AFF 20 is Agri Investor’s inaugural ranking of the biggest fund managers by capital raised between January 2019 and December 2023.

Biodiversity credit markets could follow a similar trajectory to carbon markets given a clear business case and the right policy frameworks, Pollination finds.

The SVG Ventures Sunrise Fund will make early-stage investments with a typical check size of $500,000-$1 million.