News and Media May 2025

Buenos Aires and Geneva, 22 May 2025 – In a global first, a new insurance product has been launched to protect one of Latin America’s most iconic and endangered species: the jaguar. Developed through a partnership between the Government of the Province of Misiones, the United Nations Development Pro...Read more

Pretoria, South Africa — Two groundbreaking tools designed to reshape biodiversity management in South Africa were officially launched this week at the National Biodiversity Offset Conference in Gauteng. The event, held from 22–23 May to mark the 2025 International Day for Biological Diversity, brou...Read more

In the heart of Africa, Rwanda is writing a new chapter in how countries can protect nature, not with more paperwork, but with smarter technology. As the world faces a growing biodiversity finance gap — estimated at over $700 billion annually — Rwanda has developed a digital solution that is changin...Read more

La 6ª Conferencia Global sobre Finanzas para la Biodiversidad, que se celebrará del 6 al 8 de mayo de 2025 en Santiago, Chile, promete ser un evento clave en el ámbito de las finanzas para la naturaleza. Organizada por la Iniciativa de Finanzas para la Biodiversidad (BIOFIN) del PNUD, reunirá a dele...Read more