Mexico

9 Dec 2022

By Midori Paxton, Head, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, UNDP Let us step back in time to more than 2000 years ago, when Chinese philosophical and historical texts contained sophisticated conceptions of nature and our place within it. Daoism, a school of philosophical thought popular to this day, focuse...Read more

8 Dec 2022

Mexico: Jalisco is betting on biodiversity

By Alejandra Blanco, former Director of the Environmental Fund, State of Jalisco, Mexico Biodiversity offers enormous value to the economy and society of the Mexican state of Jalisco. The state is one of the most populous and economically thriving states in Mexico, and one of the most biodiverse wit...Read more

Guanajuato’s First Impact Investment Forum

25 Nov 2022

BIOFIN Mexico participates in Guanajuato’s First Impact Investment Forum

From November 23 to 24, BIOFIN Mexico participated in the state of Guanajuato’s First Impact Investment Forum, which took place in the city of Leon, Guanajuato. The event was organized by the state’s government and Volkswagen Mexico, in collaboration with BIOFIN Mexico, and had the objective of fost...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

MVC Yucatan workshop with ejidatarios

6 Oct 2022

BIOFIN Mexico participates in workshop on Voluntary Carbon Markets in Yucatan

The Secretariat of Sustainable Development (SDS, for its acronym in Spanish) of the state of Yucatan, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Mexico, UNDP’s Climate and Forests Programme, the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity I...Read more