Biodiversity and nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly central to global sustainability, financial risk management, and policy frameworks in 2025. As scientific understanding and investor focus on nature risk deepen, financial institutions, corporates, and policymakers are turning to advanced tools and metrics to monitor, value, and scale investments in biodiversity and NbS. This dashboard brings together the latest geospatial, financial, and outcome-based data to support decision-making and track progress toward a nature-positive economy.
Nature-Based Solutions Investment and Impact
This section tracks the scale and allocation of finance toward NbS, including biodiversity-focused bonds, sustainability-linked loans, and private equity flows. Visualizations show growth in nature finance-biodiversity bonds rose from 5% of the sustainable bond market in 2020 to 16% in 2025-and the distribution of investments by sector (forestry, agriculture, water, urban). The dashboard also maps the deployment of NbS projects, such as reforestation, wetland restoration, and regenerative agriculture, and links them to measurable outcomes like carbon sequestration, flood risk reduction, and increased ecosystem services. New tools and AI-driven platforms, such as those developed by the LEON project and Cultivo, are making it easier to identify, value, and monitor these impacts at scale.
NbS Monitoring, Standards, and Policy Alignment
The dashboard incorporates the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions, which provides a robust framework of 8 criteria and 28 indicators for assessing the effectiveness, inclusivity, and scalability of NbS interventions. Users can benchmark projects against these standards and access a curated database of metrics and best practices for ecological monitoring. Policy overlays highlight alignment with the Global Biodiversity Framework and 30×30 targets, as well as national and regional NbS strategies.