Biodiversity Finance

By Carlo Lisa
By Carlo Lisa
Swamps need saving, how can we invest in them?
Today is world wetlands day. Wetlands ecosystem services are worth US$47 trillion annually, supporting the livelihoods of one billion people and supporting life on this earth. Yet the story of our wetlands is a story of disappearance and a story of an urgent need for financing these important source...Read more
Photo: Nino Zedginidze/UNDP
Photo: Nino Zedginidze/UNDP
Learning to be Wild
In Georgia, UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative helps orphaned bears return to nature. Kopala and Chopika, two uproarious bear cubs, were named after mythical Georgian heroes. A third and smaller brown bear, who arrived at the Tbilisi Zoo bear sanctuary limping from a foot injury, was named ‘Garr...Read more
By Rohit Tandon
By Rohit Tandon
Biodiversity finance integrated into university curriculum in Nepal
By Sneha Verma, BIOFIN intern University students in Nepal are now being equipped with a deeper knowledge of how conservation finance can help protect and restore nature thanks to a partnership between UNDP-BIOFIN and Tribhuvan University. During the process of implementation of BIOFIN in Nepal, var...Read more
(c) UNDP
(c) UNDP
Biodiversity Finance moving up the agenda in Uzbekistan
The Government of Uzbekistan and UNDP-BIOFIN held a high-level inception workshop on 1 December to kick start the country’s work around biodiversity finance, formerly launching as a BIOFIN methodology country. “The importance of this event cannot be overestimated, as the problems of sustainable deve...Read more