Future investment in nature and biodiversity to involve sustainable agri

Future investment in nature and biodiversity to involve sustainable agri

Banks and financial institutions view sustainable agriculture as their route to investment in nature and biodiversity. This was one of the key points delivered by Dr. Nicola Ranger, courtesy of her 2025 George Scott Robertson Memorial Lecture held recently at Queen’s University Belfast. The University of Oxford academic went on to point out that consumers want financial institutions to further invest in nature, the environment and biodiversity. …

His message: "Biodiversity-friendly agriculture is possible, but it needs some effort. According to Hilpold, 65 per cent of biodiversity's achievements are such regulatory achievements. Numerous analyses always show the same picture: the largest biodiversity on agricultural land as well as absolute mountain pastures and extensive mowing meadows. And not only that: in extensive grasslands, most particularly endangered species survive, which also …