By Nuansiri Vaidyanuvatti, Executive Vice President, Krungthai Bank, Thailand and Niran Nirannoot, Project Manager of UNDP-BIOFIN Thailand Dawn breaks over Koh Pu’s emerald waters, and Somchai checks his nets one final time before pushing his longtail boat into the gentle tide. Like his father and g...Read more
Biodiversity Finance
Since 1900, the Philippines has lost nearly two-thirds of its forests, shrinking its forest cover from 21 million hectares to just seven million in the 2010s. Despite existing illegal logging bans, the Philippines loses an estimated 52,000 trees daily due to deforestation, land conversion, and agric...Read more
New Online Course on Biodiversity Finance
How can we close the biodiversity finance gap—and turn global goals into national action? The answer starts with a plan. Registration is NOW OPEN for our new, free online course : Biodiversity Finance: Designing and Implementing Finance Plans for Nature ! This free, practical course is designed to e...Read more
15 Pacific countries officially launched BIOFIN with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Pacific Harbour, Fiji, 9 July 2025. – Government representatives from 15 Pacific Island Countries and Territories have convened this week at The Pearl Resort in Pacific Harbour to officially launch the GEF-8 funded Pacific Biodiversity Finance (BIOFIN) Umbrella Programme, a landmark initiative to st...Read more
FIRE Argentina launched: a UNDP tool to facilitate biodiversity financing
4 July 2025, Buenos Aires, Argentina - The launch was attended by national and subnational authorities, private and development banks, civil society representatives, international cooperation agencies, and academics. As part of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) of the United Nations Devel...Read more