Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 33
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Ensure robust regulation and integrity for UK nature markets, preventing offshoring degradation and financial risks.
Conclusion
Nature and biodiversity are highly location specific and a market which trades in biodiversity credits must account for this. The UK Government should ensure that the UK market has integrity and strong regulation that minimises the risk of the UK market offshoring its nature degradation. Care should be taken to ensure that credits traded through the UK market do not support market practices which put financial stability at risk. (Recommendation, Paragraph 168)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 22 July 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗