Time traveling through research: Bibliometric analysis of biodiversity finance in agricultural sector for SDGs

Climate change, natural disasters, and harmful human activities adversely affect land fertility, leading to food scarcity and biodiversity loss. However, sustainable biodiversity management in the agricultural sector can be the only solution that requires huge funding. Biodiversity finance can be a way to strengthen the agriculture sector and attain sustainable development goals (SDGs). It is a relatively new concept and is still in its developing stage. It requires an in-depth bibliometric analysis highlighting the past, present, and future trends in the agriculture sector from the SDGs perspective. Therefore, a bibliometric study is conducted from 1985 to 2024. Data is extracted from the Scopus database. Results are evident in the increasing trend of publications and citations. The scope of biodiversity finance is not limited to finance but is also theoretically linked with other areas: economics, environmental, and social sciences. The most prominent SDG for framing the research questions is SDG 15 with SDGs (2, 3, 13, 14). The USA is the most productive country, with the highest multiple and single-country productions, and about 60 % of the top ten institutions are in the USA. It included the network and content analysis to explore the homogeneous research areas and determine potential future directions. Furthermore, the study highlighted four research streams: (1) integrated strategies for agricultural financing, development, and governance, (2) strategic approach to biodiversity conservation and financial management, (3) sustainable development and finance, and (4) biodiversity financing for sustainable agriculture. The findings highlight the significance of financial incentives to support sustainable biodiversity management that can help in agricultural revitalization and accomplishing SDGs.