Natural-capital land
5 cases in 5 countries, 1985–2020. Most cases: United Kingdom (1), United States (1), CV (1), Cyprus (1), Oman (1).
Scotland's natural-capital land rush
Companies bought estates to plant forests and offset emissions. Estate prices rose about 87% in a year; at one flagship site more than half the young pines died.
Beach nourishment and armoring on Florida's loggerhead nesting beaches
A 2015 US Fish and Wildlife Service opinion on Army Corps of Engineers sand placement in Florida found no jeopardy for the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead population and stated that nesting success is about 10–34% lower on nourished beaches in the first year. A 2011 study found fewer nesting attempts on armored beaches.
Boa Vista, Cabo Verde: hotel on a nesting beach and the rise in loggerhead nesting
The RIU Touareg hotel opened on Lacacao beach, Boa Vista, in May 2011, after the Turtle Foundation began protecting the beach in 2009. A 2026 paper reports an 80-fold rise in nesting on three Boa Vista beaches from 1998 to 2024.
Limni Bay / Polis-Gialia golf and villa resort, Cyprus: infringement procedure closed (2019), land sold (2025)
A golf, hotel and beachfront-property resort was planned at Limni Bay on the Akamas peninsula, in the Natura 2000 site Polis-Gialia, which has loggerhead nesting beaches. The European Commission closed its infringement procedure on 24 January 2019; the project was cancelled in 2021 and the land was split and sold in February 2025.
Masirah Island, Oman: loggerhead nesting decline and a tourism and commercial project
Loggerhead track counts on a 9 km index section of Masirah Island fell 79% between 1985–1996 and 2008–2016, according to a 2020 study. On 12 October 2026 a foundation stone was laid for a RO5.775 million tourism and commercial project on the island.
Carbon and conservation finance
- Natural capital
- A term that treats land, forests, water and wildlife as assets that provide value, often used when investors buy land for carbon or nature projects.