BIOFIN News and Media

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 —...

The Missing Generation in Biodiversity Finance

August

Luigi Capoani, President of the European Youth Think Tank (EYTT), and Marta Bisol, Policy Analyst at the European Youth Think Tank. The missing voice in nature finance Nature is becoming...Read more

Photo: Group photo of representatives of Hayleys Plantations and UNDP in Sri Lanka

How Payment for Ecosystem Services is helping Sri Lanka's plantations invest in nature

July

A BIOFIN-supported partnership is demonstrating how businesses can invest in the ecosystems they depend on, creating benefits for biodiversity, communities and the economy. Healthy ecosystems provide the foundation for many...Read more

Photo: Launch of Dhirun - Art for Biodiversity Exhibition at Kandima Maldives

How art is helping finance biodiversity conservation in the Maldives

July

Photo: Launch of Dhirun - Art for Biodiversity Exhibition at Kandima Maldives An innovative partnership between artists, the tourism sector and UNDP BIOFIN are creating a new source of funding...Read more

What 13 years of biodiversity finance can teach the world: lessons from Costa Rica

July

Costa Rica is widely recognized as one of the world's leaders in biodiversity conservation. Nearly a quarter of its land is protected, its Payment for Ecosystem Services programme has become...Read more

From Protecting People to Protecting Nature: How Insurance Is Becoming a New Tool for Biodiversity Finance

July

When a leopard kills livestock in rural Sri Lanka, the consequences extend far beyond the loss of a single animal. For many families, it means losing an important source of...Read more