BIOFIN Mexico Brochure

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BIOFIN Mexico Brochure

JUNE 7, 2017

BIOFIN Mexico is an intersectoral initiative focusing on analyzing public policies, stakeholders, and expenditures that impact biodiversity. The initiative is identifying opportunities for additional resource mobilization to increase investments towards biodiversity and ecosystem services, which are key for economic and social wellbeing. The initiative is implemented by the BIOFIN National Team in coordination with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, the National Commission of Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity, the National Commission for Protected Areas, and the National Forestry Commission.

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REGIONS &
COUNTRIES

PUBLICATIONS

Incentives, Subsidies and Economic Instruments for Biodiversity in the Dominican Republic

Developed under BIOFIN, this study examines how existing economic incentives, subsidies, and financial instruments influence biodiversity and identifies opportunities to better align economic development with nature conservation. The assessment identifies 46 instruments with potential implications for biodiversity, including 15 that present opportunities for improvement or reform, 23 with potentially positive impacts, and eight potential public […]

PUBLICATIONS

Dominican Republic’s Policy and Institutional Review

The Policy and Institutional Review (PIR), developed under BIOFIN in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, examines the Dominican Republic’s policy, institutional and financial landscape for biodiversity. The review identifies key stakeholders, policy and institutional gaps, and opportunities to strengthen biodiversity finance. It also explores potential financing mechanisms and opportunities to better […]

PUBLICATIONS

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 […]

PUBLICATIONS

Ecosystem Accounting in Armenia: Setting the Scene

Armenia has begun developing a national accounting system aligned with the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA), starting with water accounting. The Governmental Decision on the classification of land cover in RA (2019) initiated the first step toward ecosystem accounting by establishing extent accounts for land-cover classes. To support this move […]