The PIR has been completed and is being readied for publishing. The process included a review of the policies, legal instruments and institutional set ups for biodiversity financing. Through the PIR, Botswana has been able to identify the priority sectors of focus for BIOFIN as well as recommendations of some of the finance solutions for consideration. Good policies and strategies are in place to guide the processes, however, weak institutional mechanisms to support implementation, fragmented responsibilities, and resource inadequacies, centralised decision making which also results in the resource burden on the side of government.
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Integrating Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) into Biodiversity Finance
This publication explores how Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) can serve as a biodiversity finance solution, helping countries mobilize resources while ensuring the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. It provides a step-by-step approach for integrating ABS into national biodiversity finance plans and identifies financial instruments and investments needed […]