Summer science: Dollars for nature

This week on the summer science series we play an episode of Country Life called Dollars for Nature. Can biodiversity credits fix New Zealand's conservation woes? In June, the government announced they were supporting the expansion of a voluntary credits nature market through pilot projects across New Zealand. Sally Round found out more.

Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter for episode backstories, science analysis and more.

Learn more:

• You can read more about biodiversity credits in Sally Round's story, Dollars for nature - can biodiversity credits fix NZ's conservation woes?
• Earlier this year Our Changing World visited the Eastern Whio Link conservation project, which set up its own biodiversity credits scheme - you can listen to that episode here.
• Country Life is an RNZ podcast that takes you all over the motu to hear the extraordinary stories of everyday rural New Zealand. Listen to more Country Life episodes.

Guests:

• Sean Weaver, chief executive at business consultancy Ekos
• Hayden Johnston, general manager for the natural environment at the Ministry for the Environment

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details