South Africa

The 2025 Africa & Arab States BIOFIN Regional Dialogue in Kigali, Rwanda, is a three-day event focused on advancing the financing of biodiversity agendas across Africa and the Arab States. The event brings together BIOFIN country teams, government officials, development partners, and funders to tran...Read more

Pretoria, South Africa — Two groundbreaking tools designed to reshape biodiversity management in South Africa were officially launched this week at the National Biodiversity Offset Conference in Gauteng. The event, held from 22–23 May to mark the 2025 International Day for Biological Diversity, brou...Read more

Today, 40% of the world’s land is degraded, affecting billions of people and with dire consequences for our climate and biodiversity. Land degradation is the process that robs fertile land of its ability to support life . It’s a major cause of biodiversity loss and climate change. The science is inc...Read more

In 2022, the South African Government, with the support of the UNDP-Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP-BIOFIN), launched the first Biodiversity Investment Portal to match investors with bankable projects to support the growth of the biodiversity economy in South Africa. Recently, the portal succe...Read more