Awareness Paper – Integrating Biodiversity into Agricultural and Rural Finance

Biodiversity underpins the natural capital that sustains agriculture, rural livelihoods, and food systems. As biodiversity loss accelerates, it increasingly poses financial risks for agricultural public development banks (PDBs) while also creating new opportunities for nature-positive investment. This publication provides a practical roadmap for PDBs to integrate biodiversity into agricultural and rural finance, highlighting priority investment areas and actionable approaches aligned with global biodiversity frameworks.