The BER seeks to understand primarily public sector expenditure on biodiversity across South Africa. This included all three spheres of government and considered expenditures within the environmental sector and expenditures on biodiversity flowing from other sectors, such as agriculture and forestry. Some private sector expenditures, particularly from NGOs and private protected areas, were also analyzed.
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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 […]
