The Financial Needs Assessment (FNA) under UNDP’s BIOFIN quantifies the resources required to implement Cambodia’s NBSAP and compares them with current spending to reveal the financing gap. Covering 2018–2022, required budgets rise from US$305 million (2018) to US$652 million (2022); the 2018 shortfall is US$193 million. The FNA helps policymakers cost and prioritize NBSAP actions and informs a Biodiversity Finance Plan that identifies concrete funding sources and mechanisms to achieve Cambodia’s biodiversity goals.
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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 […]
