State of Nature Metrics: Is a 'universal approach' for assessing natural world starting to take shape?

Michael Holder
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New draft metrics are designed to standardise process for businesses to assess progress towards halting and reversing biodiversity loss from 2030

A draft set of metrics designed to provide "the first universal approach" for measuring the state of nature has been unveiled today by a coalition of 27 green non-profits and standards organisations, in...

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