Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Photo: IISD. Launch of Cali Fund

28 Feb 2025

UNDP and UNEP launch the Cali Fund at COP16 in Rome, heralding a new era of biodiversity financing

26 February 2025, Rome, Italy – On the margins of the resumed session of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Rome, UNDP and UNEP officially launched the Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the use of Digital Sequence...Read more

15 Dec 2022

UK pledges £3.5 million to unlock investments in nature

The UK government has pledged £3.5m ($4.8m) to the United Nations Development Programme's Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) to support the implementation of biodiversity finance plans working with the finance sector and on repurposing subsidies. The funds will be used to develop and expand th...Read more

9 Dec 2022

Investing in the Planet’s Safety Net

By Midori Paxton, Head, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, UNDP Let us step back in time to more than 2000 years ago, when Chinese philosophical and historical texts contained sophisticated conceptions of nature and our place within it. Daoism, a school of philosophical thought popular to this day, focuse...Read more

8 Dec 2022

Fighting wildlife trafficking and rehabilitating species in Indonesia

By Desy Satya Chandradewi, Policy Analyst at Directorate Biodiversity Conservation, Species and Genetic, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia The illegal trade of wildlife – both plants and animals – is estimated to globally generate US$ 7 billion to US$ 23 billion per year fo...Read more

8 Dec 2022

National sustainable tourism certification scheme to boost Sri Lanka’s tourism

By Mr. P. U. Ratnayake – Director, DT & CR, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Sri Lanka is a truly unique tourism experience. It is an island full of treasures, from the cool hill country in Nuwara Eliya and the wild jungles of Yala and Sinharaja, to the spectacular views in forest reserves su...Read more