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BIOFIN México apoya a CONAFOR y CONANP para atraer más recursos del sector privado y de gobiernos subnacionales

Based on an analysis of time series of budgets from 2008-2013 among agencies contributing to the 20 Aichi targets, the baseline financing for biodiversity in the Philippines was estimated at PHP 5 billion (or USD 110 million). The baseline financing for biodiversity represents 0.08% of GDP and 0.31% of the national budget for this period of analysis. From 2008-2013, the budget of the DENR was observed to be increasing at the rate of 23% per year. The biodiversity budget has been increasing at a faster rate of 34% per year for the same period, although its contribution to total budget is less than 20% of the total. In the DENR alone, budget allocation for biodiversity can increase from 4% to 16% by mainstreaming with other bureaus such as the Forest Management Bureau and the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau. 

Local governments contribute PHP 0.5 billion pesos or USD 13 million based on protected area expenditures alone. Current funding levels for local governments comprise an average of 4% of the 20% development fund-representing share of national taxes.

The agreed methodology framework roots itself in the overarching purpose of influencing national budget and planning processes to integrate biodiversity and climate change concerns and of influencing private sector behaviour through appropriate financial mechanisms.

The current National Program on Biological Diversity, projected for the period 2016-2020, will be the main platform for action to implement the strategic objectives defined in the national environmental policy to address the loss of biological diversity in Cuba.

El presente Programa Nacional sobre la Diversidad Biológica, que se proyecta para el período 2016 - 2020, constituirá la principal plataforma de acción para la implementación de los objetivos estratégicos definidos en la política ambiental nacional para enfrentar la pérdida de la diversidad biológica en Cuba.
 

BIOFIN Webinar Series: on Policy and Institutional Review

The FNA aimed to provide a cost estimate for implementing the recently revised NBSAP, and attempted to estimate the finance gap for biodiversity in the sector. The FNA indicated that major areas needing finance solutions were ecosystem restoration and protected area expansion and management. 

Video about BIOFIN in Mexico

This public and private Biodiversity Expenditure Review (BER) is one of the studies undertaken in Kazakhstan as part of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), which is being implemented 30 countries around the world. The aim of the analysis is to assess the amount, the area of focus and efficiency of allocated funds from all sources over the past 7 years (2008-2014).

The Financial Needs Assessment (FNA)1 is an assessment of the required expenses to achieve the national goals on biodiversity conservation in Kazakhstan and contains information on the expected cost of the implementation of the NBSAP and the expected financial gap. The first part of the FNA includes a description of targets and goals included in the NBSAP, a summary of the costs and a review of the timing for the implementation of actions. The second part of the FNA provides information on the one-time and recurring expenses, assessment of the “business as usual” financing scenario and calculation of the financial gap. 

The Biodiversity Finance Policy and Institutional Review forms a reference point for the whole BIOFIN process.  The document establishes a baseline of the national policy and institutional context in which the BIOFIN project is expected to expand biodiversity finance in Georgia.