Sustainable Development

Dunes outside Niamey, the captital

13 Dec 2021

Niger becomes the 41st country to join BIOFIN

Niger is the latest nation to join UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), becoming the 41 st country to do so, thanks to support from the government of Belgium. In the coming years they will measure, in cooperation with the Executive Secretariat of the National Environment Council for Sust...Read more

By Sonika Agarwal

25 Nov 2021

Day 2 of pan-regional dialogues: working with finance sector no longer an option – it’s a must

The second day of BIOFIN's online pan-regional dialogue, joined by experts from Asia, Pacific, Eurasia, Europe, the Arab States, Africa Latin America and the Caribbean, triggered dynamic discussions around how governments, private sector, and civil society can innovate for biodiversity protection an...Read more

Hummingbird by Zdeněk Macháček

18 Nov 2021

Day 1 of pan-regional dialogues inspires action for nature

BIOFIN experts were joined by government, civil society, and youth representatives yesterday for Day 1 of a first-of-its-kind pan-regional dialogue for countries to share experiences and lessons learned on delivering financial solutions that work for people and planet.Read more

A hand through grass

16 Nov 2021

Resilience in Diversity: Financing Nature and Biodiversity

The message is clear, we are in a planetary emergency.Read more

By Pablo Torres

12 Nov 2021

Promoting the green economy in Ecuador's growing popular & solidarity sector

As in the rest of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador had immense impacts on the economy. This was particularly felt by organisations in the 'popular and solidarity' sector, a sector described by the ILO as the "concept designating enterprises and organizations, in particular cooperatives, m...Read more