India’s Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu launched India’s Biodiversity Finance Plan on Wednesday during celebrations in Chennai for International Day of Biological Diversity. In his address, the Vice President highlighted that conservation of nature and natural resources is an innate aspect of the...Read more
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Long-tailed macacque at the Wildlife Rescue Center
Quezon City, Philippines (13 April 2019) – To raise funds for the refurbishment of homes for confiscated illegally-traded and surrendered wildlife, BIOFIN Philippines together with the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Faber-Castell, Wildlife Rescue Center (WRC) of Biodiversity Management Bureau, Haribon Fo...Read more
cranes Bhutan
By James Maiden and Onno van den Heuvel Nestled among the peaks of the Himalayas between China and India – Bhutan is a land of remote mountain valleys, rich in natural wonders – and with a population less than one million, one of the most sparsely populated countries in Asia. Contrary to the decline...Read more
Maputo workshop
Strengthening the biodiversity finance community in Africa 16 April, Maputo — Generating sustainable social and economic growth while ensuring biodiversity protection is the focus of representatives of more than 10 African countries gathering in Maputo, Mozambique this week to debate and share lesso...Read more
Sri Lanka road map
Central Bank of Sri Lanka launched a Roadmap for Sustainable Finance in Sri Lanka on 10 April 2019 at the Sustainable Banking Network Global Meeting of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington, D.C. The Roadmap provides a broad direction to financial regulators and financial institu...Read more