BIOFIN News and Media

Costa Rica approves landmark law to unlock new financing for protected areas

April
Costa Rica has taken a major step toward securing sustainable financing for its protected areas. The country’s Legislative Assembly has approved Law 10,898, enabling the securitization of future revenues generated...Read more

From budgets to results: How Thailand is making public finance work for nature

April
By Kanitha Tambunlertchai, Natthida Jitsiri, Niran Nirannoot, Sornsawan Phongphao As countries work to close the global biodiversity finance gap, a critical question emerges: is it only about mobilizing more resources,...Read more

Investing in Women to Protect Nature: Lessons from the Philippines

April
Anabelle Plantilla, Programme Manager, BIOFIN Philippines, and Sheena Barrameda, Technical Officer, BIOFIN Philippines High in the misty uplands of Negros Occidental, women farmers carefully harvest coffee grown under forest canopies....Read more

From coffee to oysters: how women in the Philippines are unlocking biodiversity finance

April
In the misty uplands of Negros Occidental in the Philippines, women farmers carefully harvest ripe coffee cherries. Along the coast, women oyster growers tend to thrive in shellfish beds beneath...Read more

Francophone Africa Moves to Close the Biodiversity Finance Gap as the world prepares for the Biodiversity COP17

March
A landmark workshop will equip 24 French-speaking nations with the tools to close their biodiversity finance gap, with support from UNDP-BIOFIN, IFDD and the Global Environment Facility Casablanca, Morocco, March...Read more