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Over 130 countries come together in Chile to boost nature finance and support global biodiversity targets
May
6 May 2025, Santiago, Chile - The world’s largest-ever gathering on nature-finance opened in Chile on Tuesday, as over 130 countries rallied behind global biodiversity goals, exploring bold innovations —...
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How local entrepreneurs are promoting sustainable tourism in Sri Lanka
January
In Sri Lanka, sustainable tourism is proving that protecting nature and improving livelihoods can go hand in hand. Through the National Sustainable Tourism Certification, more than 200 small tourism entrepreneurs,...Read more
Access and Benefit Sharing: Turning Biodiversity into Fair and Sustainable Finance in India
December
Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) is emerging as one of India’s most effective biodiversity finance solutions, demonstrating how the use of biological resources can generate tangible financial benefits for conservation,...Read more
Zambia Launches a National Green Finance Taxonomy, Strengthening its Leadership in Sustainable Finance & Paving the Way for Green Bonds & Sustainable Investment
December
Lusaka, Zambia — 2nd December 2025 - Zambia has reached a major milestone in its transition toward a green and climate-resilient economy with the official launch of the Zambia Green...Read more
Coco Tie Dye: Empowering women, supporting communities, and protecting nature in Thailand
November
By Mr. Donnapat Tamornsuwan, Senior Field Officer, Raks Thai Foundation (interviewed in Thai), and Ms. Niran Nirannoot, Project Manager, BIOFIN, UNDP Thailand (co-created in English) Meet Soodjai Boonsook, a woman...Read more
Global momentum for nature finance: UNDP’s biodiversity finance initiative helps countries unlock over $2.7 billion for nature
November
Governments around the world are accounting for nature in their fiscal planning at an accelerating pace, signaling a shift in how economies value and finance our ecological life-support systems Mérida...Read more
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