Conservation Finance

By Midori Paxton The planet is in crisis. The World Wildlife Fund has just released its 2018 Living Planet Report . Humans have wiped out 60 percent of animals between 1970 and 2014. The figures contained in the report are just a few symptoms of the dire state the planet is in. The 2030 Agenda is ev...Read more

Biodiversity finance is a key issue at the upcoming UN Biodiversity Conference in Sharm, El Sheikh, Egypt from 14-29 November. Governments and organisations will work to step up efforts to halt the biodiversity loss and protect the ecosystems that support food and water security and health for billi...Read more

By BIOFIN Cuba From September 26 to 28, 2018, the Workshop of the Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in Havana, Cuba. It offered a wide space for debate about the progress and fulfillment of the goals and actions foreseen in the National Plan for Biological Dive...Read more

By Onno van den Heuvel BIOFIN provides countries a strong basis to understand the biodiversity finance policy environment, map expenditure and financial needs, plan for achieving biodiversity finance targets, and implement a suite of finance solutions relevant for the context within the country. At...Read more

Cebu, Philippines — Experts from 20 countries across Europe, Asia and the Pacific gathered today to debate effective solutions and share experiences and best practices in biodiversity conservation financing. In an effort to close the significant gap in resources needed to properly conserve nature an...Read more