News and Media Agosto 2023

Panel discussion, Vancouver – 22 August 2023
Panel discussion, Vancouver – 22 August 2023
A new era for National Biodiversity Finance plans emerges
Vancouver – 22 August 2023 The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Target 19, recognizes the importance for all countries to develop a national biodiversity finance plan as an important platform to implement the framework in countries. National Biodiversity Finance Plans are being used b...Read more
Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles introduced a tourism environmental sustainability levy
Tourism is one of the main pillars of the Seychelles economy, accounting directly and indirectly for 13% of the GDP in 2022(central bank of Seychelles ,2022). The total number of visitors who disembarked in Seychelles in 2022 amounted to 332,068, with an average length of stay of 9.9 days. Seychelle...Read more
Photo by Tulkin Radjabov
Photo by Tulkin Radjabov
Biodiversity Credit – An Effective Trade-off Mechanism
“Combined with the carbon credits the biodiversity credits mechanism can offer an effective win-win solution for socio-economic and environmental development” by Tulkin Radjabov, National Coordinator of the UNDP BIOFIN Project in Uzbekistan Tashkent, July 11, 2023. The adoption of the Kunming-Montre...Read more