The Regeneration Will Be Funded Nature on the Balance Sheet - Martin Stuchtey (The Landbanking Group)
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Nov 30, 2023 Martin Stuchtey, founder and CEO of The Landbanking Group, discusses valuing ecosystem services, the importance of including nature capital in economic equations, integrating nature into business through TNFD, measuring biodiversity and finding the right indicators, maintaining local input in nature uplift and credits, exploring web3 technology's potential in creating efficient systems, and the challenges and opportunities in integrating nature into the asset class.
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Growth Masks Capital Decline
- Economic growth masks declining aggregate capitals: social, human, produced, and nature.
- We are becoming poorer as natural capital stocks degrade despite GDP growth.
Nature As Fiduciary Infrastructure
- Nature should be treated as critical infrastructure and a fiduciary-grade asset class.
- Creating hard, traceable biophysical-linked assets lets investors treat nature like infrastructure.
Create Biophysical Nature Passports
- Build a biophysical nature capital account for every land polygon to serve as a passport.
- Link contracts to that dynamic biophysical twin so assets become traceable and collateralizable.