Biodiversity Finance

Tashkent, 10 March 2025— The UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), in collaboration with the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change and other partners in Uzbekistan, has developed a Biodiversity Finance Plan —a strategic roadmap for mobilizing resources to prote...Read more

By Dr. Ruchi Pant, Head, NRM, and Biodiversity, and Ms Vibhupriya Singh, Consultant, NRM and Biodiversity, UNDP India. India, home to diverse ecosystems and a rich biocultural heritage, has updated its National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (NBSAP) to better align with global conservation...Read more

Author: Vanessa Wematu Akibate , Communications Officer, UNDP Zambia Wildlife conservation is crucial for a sustainable future, but it can sometimes threaten the livelihoods of communities that share the same habitat. Climate change, particularly the consequences of drought in the southern Africa re...Read more

Unlike certain sectors, such as agriculture and fisheries, biodiversity is not an economic sector, which makes tracking spending at the national level difficult. To address this issue, the UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) has been working since 2012 to improve biodiversity management...Read more