Paul Jepson gave a talk on Making Rewilding Investible

Title: MAKING REWILDING INVESTIBLE

Dr Paul Jepson, Ecosulis Ltd, UK

 

The decade of ecosystem restoration signifies the ambition to move from a defensive focus on nature conservation to protective focus on nature recovery. Rewilding offers a promising approach to ecosystem restoration; financial markets are ready and willing to ‘finance green’ and major corporations are looking for tangible means to become ‘nature positive’.  Ecosulis is developing technologies to convert changes in ecosystem integrity and biodiversity quality into ‘units’ that can be produced, traded and invested in.  In this talk I will introduce key concepts in rewilding science and the opportunities for scaling nature recovery presented by the rise of Environmental & Social Governance (ESG). I will then introduce the conceptual architecture of a rewilding token solution and the underling indices, and identify some methodological challenges faced when attempting to measure changes in ecosystem integrity.

Photos taken during the presentation (Photos by Fredrik Oxelfelt)