BIOFIN News and Media

FinTech for Nature: Leveraging Technology to Support Biodiversity Conservation

January

On December 21, 2022, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) India, in partnership with the Biotech Consortium India Limited, organized a stakeholder consultation on "Leveraging FinTech for Biodiversity Conservation" at the...

H.E. Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, Mr. Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP and Mr. Secretary General of the Ministry of Planning, announce the launch of BIOFIN Niger, 22/03/2023, UNDP photo

Official launch of the BIOFIN initiative in Niger

March

Official launch this Wednesday (22/03/2023) in Niamey of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative in Niger (UNDP-BIOFIN). BIOFIN aims to support countries in developing and implementing a biodiversity finance plan for a...Read more

BIOFIN Mexico presents results on analysis of biodiversity-relevant subsidies

January

On January 11, BIOFN Mexico organized a workshop for officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER, for its acronym in Spanish) to review an analysis on subsidies...Read more

Tamaraws on the Brink: the last stand of remaining dwarf buffalo in the Philippines

January

By Ronja Fischer, Research Consultant, BIOFIN I stood at the river, staring at the hiking trail that led to the ranger stations at the Mts. Iglit-Baco Natural Park in the...Read more

BIOFIN Mexico supports the development of the Biodiversity Expenditure Analysis 2019 - 2020 in Jalisco

January

The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), implemented by the United Nations Development Program in Mexico, and the Ministry of Environment and Territorial Development of Jalisco (SEMADET), developed the state’s Biodiversity Expenditure...Read more

10 years of UNDP-BIOFIN celebrated at COP15

December

The Biodiversity Finance Initiative today looked back at its results since its inception 10 years ago with high-level delegates and partners from across the world. Delegates included Ministers from Botswana,...Read more