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Governments have pressed ahead with the establishment of regulated nature markets while LPs and GPs continue to build out the space.

Kempen portfolio manager Tim van den Pol says most of the growth will come through existing assets, with further acquisitions in new countries possible.

The duo will invest in permanent crops in Chile, Peru and other Latin American markets.

Eoin McDonald has previously worked with Nuveen Natural Capital and Insight Investment.

Investment is needed now to bring a new breed of crops to the agricultural value chain, says Dr Tarifa Alzaabi, director general of the UAE’s International Center for Biosaline Agriculture.

Investors include AGCO, ASR, Invest International, Invest-NL, Klaverblad Verzekeringen, Oost NL and Van Lanschot Kempen.

The vehicle will try to assemble a diverse portfolio of carbon credits derived from assets including forestry, peatlands, mangroves and carbon removal technology.

The venture arm of Prue Murdoch and Alasdair MacLeod’s agri-food focused investment group Macdoch is eyeing later-stage fund investments.