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Africa's biodiversity and carbon market infrastructure offer significant potential for biodiversity credits, initiated by the IAPB launched by the UK and France. Despite holding three mega-biodiverse countries, Africa receives only 6% of global nature financing.

The IAPB aims to build high-integrity biodiversity credit markets, learning from past carbon market mistakes. Initiatives like the Policy Coalition and local pilot projects promise to enhance Africa's role in biodiversity financing, with discussions at AGES expected to foster actionable steps forward.