Biodiversity Finance

In Sri Lanka, sustainable tourism is proving that protecting nature and improving livelihoods can go hand in hand. Through the National Sustainable Tourism Certification, more than 200 small tourism entrepreneurs, many of them homestay and hotel owners, are adopting environmentally friendly practice...Read more

In Botswana, 40% of the territory is under some type of legal environmental protection, with 17% classified as protected areas. However, limited funding increased their exposure to habitat loss, ecosystem conversion, and other pressures. Protected area fees had not been updated since 2000 in the cou...Read more

Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) is emerging as one of India’s most effective biodiversity finance solutions, demonstrating how the use of biological resources can generate tangible financial benefits for conservation, local communities, and sustainable development. Supported by UNDP’s Biodiversity...Read more

Indonesia is one of the 17 megadiverse countries in the world, with exceptionally rich fauna and flora. However, illegal wildlife trade has risen in the Maluku province, threatening endemic species. While this situation demonstrates the need to strengthen species conservation efforts, mobilizing fun...Read more

Lusaka, Zambia — 2nd December 2025 - Zambia has reached a major milestone in its transition toward a green and climate-resilient economy with the official launch of the Zambia Green Finance Taxonomy (ZGFT), a landmark national framework that provides clear, science-based criteria for identifying env...Read more