a national fossil fuel tax has provided the main source of funding for costa rica s pes scheme sustainable consumption and production scp as well as core biodiversity budgets this target has opportunities to attract funding from businesses engagement of businesses will be important in the development of scp plans for different sectors and should provide opportunities to secure business funding for research and action planning helping businesses to develop the evidence base and identify the actions they need to take to reduce their impacts on biodiversity over time reduced loss of natural habitats wetland banking is an innovative economic instrument that has substantially increased private sector funding for wetland conservation in the us and could be applied in other countries