Boniface Manzi (not real name) carries luggage for tourists who come from around the world to commune with Rwanda’s mountain gorillas. As a member of the local luggage carrier cooperative, he also shares his knowledge of the gorillas, and guides tourists to their destinations. But when COVID struck,...Read more
News and Media octobre 2023
From this year on, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) will officially publish yearly the results of the Biodiversity Expenditure Review (BER) based upon the Environmental Protection Account as a result of the collaborative effort with the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOF...Read more
Moving the needle in Latin America
Last September, a significant event unfolded in Panama, where representatives from 10 countries convened for the 9th Latin American and Caribbean Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Finance, organized by the UNDP's Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN). This dialogue brought together representatati...Read more
Qinghai embroidered insoles by Leng Fei
Wu Qiaoling lives in Menyuan County, in Qinghai Province, China. She’s been embroidering since she was twenty years old. As she embroiders her own projects, and when she teaches other women in her community the art of Qinghai embroidery, her guiding motto is: “Never worry; be confident in yourself.”...Read more
Uzbekistan Placed “Green” Eurobonds for the First Time
The original article (in Russian) published on the www.gazeta.uz website on October 6, 2023 and can be found at this link Uzbekistan issued two tranches of Eurobonds worth $660 million and, for the first time, “green” Eurobonds worth 4.25 trillion UZS with maturities in 2028 and 2026, respectively....Read more