Philippines

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

Philippines: Together for Tamaraws crowdfunding campaign helped rangers get through the pandemic

By Eduardo Bata, Team leader and ranger, Tamaraw Conservation Program, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines I am Eduardo Bata, a 57-year-old resident of San Jose in Occidental Mindoro (the western half of the Philippines island of Mindoro). My relatives, friends and colleague...Read more

3 Dec 2022

Crowdfunding protected areas made vulnerable by COVID-19

In the face of a serious financial crisis for tourism-dependent natural treasures, BIOFIN developed and supported five crowdfunding campaigns in Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Philippines, and Thailand.Read more

15 Nov 2022

New twists to biodiversity finance solutions discussed at Europe, Asia & Pacific dialogue

By Abbie Trinidad, Senior Technical Advisor, BIOFIN From Georgia to the Pacific islands, BIOFIN’s diverse presence across Europe, Asia and the Pacific covers important rich biodiversity hotspots and vast ecosystems. But it is also a region facing severe pressures on nature as populations surge and c...Read more

11 Nov 2022

Experts Share Strategies to Reduce Global Biodiversity Funding Gap

Over 70 biodiversity finance experts from Europe and Asia shared various approaches to reduce the global funding gap for biodiversity management at the United Nations Development Programme Biodiversity Finance Initiative’s (UNDP-BIOFIN) Regional Dialogue, held from 8 to 10 November 2022 at the Conra...Read more