Sustainable Development

Topes de Collantes, RED Guamuahaya, Cuba

12 Oct 2017

BIOFIN CUBA develops synergies and proposes new interrelations with the UNDP / GEF Project "Connecting landscapes"

BIOFIN CUBA desarrolla sinergias y propone nuevas interrelaciones con el Proyecto PNUD/GEF “Conectando paisajes” En la primera semana de octubre 2017, el Grupo Coordinador de BIOFIN-Cuba, sostuvo un encuentro en la sede del PNUD con vistas a revisar el informe trimestral j ulio-septiembre, así como...Read more

Bhutan Monestry

29 Sep 2017

Bhutan, a small country with a big example of sustainable socio-economic development in harmony with nature

By Blerina Gjeka, Programme Associate and Gender Focal Point, BIOFIN The Kingdom of Bhutan is a small country nested among the Eastern Himalayas. A place of unparalleled beauty and rare encounters with endangered Bengal tiger, the mythical Takin – Bhutan’s national animal, the park of the Yetis, the...Read more

UP students waiting for the commencement of the elimination round of the 30th Annual Open Debate Tournament at Malcolm Hall Theater

25 Sep 2017

BIOFIN-UNDP Philippines, UP Pi Sigma Fraternity hold a debate on mobilizing biodiversity financing from unconventional sources

By Angelique Ogena and Alton Durban Quezon City, Philippines – For the second consecutive year, UNDP, through BIOFIN, partnered with the University of the Philippines Pi Sigma Fraternity in holding the 30th Annual Open Debate Tournament. The yearly debate competition, which is the longest running in...Read more

BIOFIN Chile and Cuba present financing strategies during the International Marine Protected Areas Congress IMPAC 4

21 Sep 2017

BIOFIN Chile and Cuba present financing strategies during the International Marine Protected Areas Congress IMPAC 4

By Pilar Zapata, BIOFIN Chile During the first week of September, over a thousand people arrived to the city of Coquimbo, located in northern Chile, to attend the International Marine Protected Areas Congress, IMPAC 4. Authorities, administrators, scientists and local and international participants...Read more

Bhutan south south exchange

18 Sep 2017

Bhutan, Thailand, and Philippines progress biodiversity finance solutions during South-South Exchange

By Niran Nirannoot - BIOFIN Thailand, Angelique Ogena - BIOFIN Philippines, Ngawang Gyeltshen - BIOFIN Bhutan and Jigme Dorji - UNDP Bhutan, and James Maiden - BIOFIN Global A delegation from BIOFIN Bhutan visited the Philippines and Thailand under a south-south exchange programme between the BIOFIN...Read more