2204: COP15 - Tech and the Biodiversity Investment Ratings Agency (BIRA). - a podcast by Neil C. Hughes

Did you know that Biodiversity loss represents a risk to more than half the world's GDP - about $44 trillion? Today, I want to explore what Biodiversity is and technology's role in improving it. Dr Mike Musgrave joins me in a conversation about all this and more.

We discuss his work with the School of Wildlife Conservation at the African Leadership University is working with Dalberg Catalyst and Financial Services Deepening Africa to develop a Biodiversity Investment Ratings Agency (BIRA).

Dr Mike Musgrave graduated from Rhodes University and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and holds a PhD in Sustainable Development from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. A recipient of the prestigious Frederick Soddy Award from the Royal Geographic Society, he writes broadly on African customary law, common-pool resource governance and nature-based solutions for addressing climate change in Africa.

Mike is currently Conservation Leadership Faculty in the School of Wildlife Conservation at the African Leadership University in Kigali, Rwanda where he leads the development of a Biodiversity Investment Ratings Agency for Africa in partnership with Dalberg and FSD Africa.

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