Proponents of biodiversity finance gathered in January to discuss lessons and progress from Latin American and the Caribbean in assessing and implementing better ways to manage and conserve biodiversity. The workshop saw UNDP/BIOFIN teams and Ministries of Finance and Environment officials from Mexi...Read more
Finance Solutions
As part of its webinar series on finance solutions, BIOFIN organize on 29th of March at 4:00 pm Paris time ( 10:00am NYC time) a webinar on reforming and greening harmful subsidies in collaboration with GIZ and OECD. Public subsidies, direct or indirect, may produce unintended consequences to the en...Read more
Innovative ways to finance biodiversity conservation and management, including developing the sports fishing eco-tourism industry are being planned and tested in Guatemala to safeguard the countries highly diverse species and ecosystems – which play an important role in the lives and economy of Guat...Read more
Congresswoman Sato (middle), UNDP, DENR, Mindoro Local Chief Executives and Legislators sign a Declaration of Cooperation to mainstream biodiversity conservation and implement finance solutions at the local level
A new legislative agenda introduced into the Philippine Congress during 2016 is striving to mobilise greater public finance for crucial biodiversity and ecosystem protection and management. A recent Bill to reform the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act (the law governing protecte...Read more
BIOFIN workbook
BIOFIN officially launches the new 2016 BIOFIN Workbook: Mobilizing resources for biodiversity and sustainable development. Monday 5th of December 2016 at the CBD COP13 the new BIOFIN Workbook 2016 is launched, including all the improvement and lessons learnt from the countries to reach a more effic...Read more