Big business: Swedish carmaker Volvo has published a position paper on nature and biodiversity, pledging to take action to reduce its impacts

Big business: Candy Crush producer King announced it has purchased 543 voluntary biodiversity units from the Iford biodiversity project in the South Downs National Park to help fund the restoration of low-quality cropland into native woodland

Finance: Wealthy nations have one year to plug $5bn gap, says OECD in its annual report tracking progress in the field of international biodiversity finance.

Finance: At least five African countries are working on what could be the world's first joint "debt-for-nature" swap to raise at least $2 billion to protect a coral-rich swathe of Indian Ocean, according to a global conservation group.

Finance: A group of French asset owners expects to announce a new biodiversity fund at the upcoming biodiversity COP.

NatureTech: Refinq launches biodiversity analysis tool to help corporates understand nature-related risk

NatureTech: A Denmark-based company, Ambient Carbon, announced a field test to remove methane from dairy barn exhaust using a non-invasive technology.

Policy: The European Commission said it would propose delaying implementation of a law banning the import of commodities linked to deforestation by a year on Wednesday, following calls from industries and governments around the world.

Policy: Norway released its nature action plan ahead of next month’s COP16, but stopped short of making national commitments aligned with the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)

Research: Botanists have identified 33 “dark spots” around the world where thousands of plant species are probably waiting to be discovered, according to new research.

Research: Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and a half, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, after reaching similar highs in the two preceding months.

Markets: Cercarbono, a leading carbon standard organisation, has officially approved the Savimbo Indicator Species Biodiversity Methodology for use in biodiversity crediting projects

After raising a $150 million Series B earlier this year, Colossal Biosciences, a start-up focussed on de-extinction of the Dodo bird and the woolly mammoth has a new idea.  It has announced it will be launching a new non-profit: the Colossal Foundation. Already backed by a confirmed $50 million in funding for conservation.

Crop protection solutions provider AgroSpheres has made a final close of its Series B fundraise, bringing total Series B funding to $37 million.

Foodtech startup Foreverland bags €3.4M for sustainable cocoa-free chocolate alternatives

Foodforecast, a German AI startup in the food retail market, has raised over €3 million in funding for better sales forecasting to reduce food waste

8 October - The Global Nature Positive Summit 2024 - Sydney

9 October - frontiers in Nature-Finance: capital, compliance, and checks & balances. - London

17 October: Wildya+ Masterclass: Show and Tell - Wild Mosaic

21 Oct to 1 Nov - COP16 - For those attending check out Joshua Berger’s awesome summary of events

16 October - greenwashing and greenhushing: navigating the corporate goldilocks zone - London

24 October - Bloom - Colombia

29 October: Wildya+ Masterclass: How to find product market fit with Anna Alex (Nala)