This document is an excerpt from the extended version Biodiversity-related Risks and the Financial System: Evidence from Mexico developed by Seraf ín Martínez Jaramillo; Luis Onésimo Escobar; Karina Caballero; Carlos López and Saúl Basurto. The study was commissioned by the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) of the United Nations Development Programme in Mexico (UNDP) with the aim of integrating biodiversity considerations into the financial sector, identifying risks and opportunities arising f rom nature degradation and conservation, respectively, and creating enabling conditions for the sector's participation in conservation efforts. The full document can be consulted through this link.