Policy Lab Contributors - Biodiversity Finance

Policy Lab is joint initiative between Journal of Applied Ecologyand the BES Policy Team. We aim to synthesize existing research to facilitate policy change by convening the academic community around policy questions that are impactful and time-sensitive, yet may not have been recently or explicitly addressed by the ecological community.

Policy Lab has two outputs: a Policy Direction article in Journal of Applied Ecology which synthesizes existing research to contribute to policy questions, and a BES Policy Brief which applies the synthesis within a specific context.

Join the 2027 Policy Lab

This year we are holding an open call for contributors to explore the question:

'How should we measure biodiversity outcomes for nature finance?'

Application deadline: Friday 20 November 2026, 23:59 BST
In-person workshop: Thursday 21 January 2027 at the BES offices in London
Online workshops: February 2027 - April 2027

What are we looking for?

We are looking to put together a global team of experts who can help us to:

• Answer the question 'How should we measure biodiversity outcomes for nature finance?'
• Write a