Nature values trading opens new opportunities
Nature values trading provides forest owners with a new source of income and enables the combination of environmental and economic objectives. Buyers, in turn, purchase generated nature values. These investments support the buyer’s business, for example through brand value or sustainability reporting.
Dozens of sites available
At Finsilva, we have identified dozens of sites within our forest assets that are highly suitable for nature values trading, and we will help you find the ones that best meet your needs.
A large share of our nature values trading sites consists of drained peatlands in need of restoration but also includes sun-exposed slopes and flowing waters. We also offer areas suitable for conservation compensation, such as old forests rich in deadwood.
Nature values trading generates natural capital
Safeguarding and generating natural capital is one of the most important tasks of our time, and nature values trading plays a significant role in this.
There is broad agreement that more funding is needed to maintain and enhance forest biodiversity. Public funding alone is not sufficient to halt biodiversity loss or to achieve the targets set by the EU restoration regulation. We therefore need market-based models financed by private capital, in other words, genuine nature values trading.
New pilot project on nature values trading
Tapio Palvelut Oy, the S Group, Finsilva and LocalTapiola launched a pilot project to develop an innovative market-based model for nature values trading. The aim is to improve the biodiversity of the area by restoring a peatland of around 12 hectares in Pielavesi, North Savo. The project will involve trading in the created nature value hectares without the aim of ecological compensation.
“As a buyer of nature values, it is important to us that the project is based in Finland, it has been evaluated together with the local cooperative PeeÄssä and the nature values are verified by a reliable body”, says Nina Elomaa, Chief Sustainability Officer at S Group.
Are you interested in natural capital markets?
For questions related to natural capital markets, nature values trading and ecological compensation, please contact our Forest and Environmental Manager Markus Nissinen (markus.nissinen[a]finsilva.fi). You can also send an email to info[a]finsilva.fi, and we will forward your message to the appropriate person.
