Zambia's Minister of Finance and National Planning, Hon Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane, MP, last week presented the 2023 National Budget before the National Assembly, unveiling an exemption from withholding tax interest income earned on green bonds listed on the securities exchange in Zambia with a maturi...Read more
Biodiversity Finance
From late 2021 to early 2022, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Mexico team participated, along with four other country teams (Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, and Zambia), in a study with a view to assessing countries' readiness for nature-related disclosures. Some of the topics explored we...Read more
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has launched the Biodiversity Sector Investment Portal to link investors with bankable projects as a means of growing the Biodiversity Economy. Development of the Investment Portal by the Department has been supported the United Nation...Read more
Thirteen countries from across the Latin American and Caribbean region came together in Costa Rica earlier this month to focus on how they can further boost excellent progress in unlocking biodiversity finance solutions across the region. The 3-day event opened with Mr Rafael Gutierrez Rojas, Vice M...Read more
At the height of COVID-19-related lockdowns in Costa Rica, Elizabeth Ramirez Gonzalez and Andrea Rojas Cruz, both out of work, decided to do an online course on organic cosmetics. They did now know each other at the time and little did they know that connecting online would lead them on a journey to...Read more