India

8 Dec 2022

India: For action on biodiversity, we must know what to spend and where

An interview with V.B. Mathur, India’s official delegate to the fourth Nairobi negotiating session of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity By Flavia Lopes, IndiaSpend Why is financing biodiversity conservation important for developing countries? What can you do without finance in your personal...Read more

16 Nov 2022

Ensuring nature positive insurance

Can the insurance sector help safeguard our natural capital? By Onno van den Heuvel and Jan Kellett Estimates show that nature and ecosystems provide over US$125 trillion per year in goods and services to the global economy. However, nature and ecosystems are in grave danger of collapsing and despit...Read more

12 Sep 2022

How can businesses support global efforts for a nature-positive future?

By working differently, businesses can shift from nature-negative business models to nature-positive ones.Read more

21 Mar 2022

Biodiversity finance stories from Belize, India and Mexico: time to step-up action

Reflections from a round table discussion at the CBD resumed meetings in Geneva, Switzerland (15 March 2022) 41 countries have developed national biodiversity finance plans over the last 9 years, with many beginning to implement them with promising results. At a roundtable event in Geneva hosted by...Read more

By Carlo Lisa

1 Feb 2022

Swamps need saving, how can we invest in them?

Today is world wetlands day. Wetlands ecosystem services are worth US$47 trillion annually, supporting the livelihoods of one billion people and supporting life on this earth. Yet the story of our wetlands is a story of disappearance and a story of an urgent need for financing these important source...Read more