News and Media octobre 2022

26 oct 2022

Mainstreaming biodiversity into environmental impact assessment processes in Rwanda

The Rwanda Environment Management Authority, with support from UNDP-BIOFIN Rwanda, organized training on Biodiversity Inclusive Environmental Impact Assess-ment (EIA) Guidelines in Kigali last month for ninety-four environmental practitioners’ members of Rwanda Association of Professional Environmen...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

4 oct 2022

Zambia Ministry of Finance adopts new fiscal benefits for green bonds

Zambia's Minister of Finance and National Planning, Hon Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane, MP, last week presented the 2023 National Budget before the National Assembly, unveiling an exemption from withholding tax interest income earned on green bonds listed on the securities exchange in Zambia with a maturi...Read more