News and Media July 2025

4 July 2025, Buenos Aires, Argentina - The launch was attended by national and subnational authorities, private and development banks, civil society representatives, international cooperation agencies, and academics. As part of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) of the United Nations Devel...Read more

South Africa is updating its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to align with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and its Target 15, which calls for greater transparency on how companies and financial institutions impact nature. The Department of Forestry, Fisher...Read more

By Dr. Selva Ramachandran, UNDP Philippines Resident Representative Local government units play a pivotal role in safeguarding the country’s natural wealth for future generations. They are at the forefront of building resilient and sustainable communities in the face of rapid urbanization, climate c...Read more

By Ian Herbert, Simon Hunt, Mahmoud Sarhan, and Matthew Caro Publishing as members of the University of Otago, New Zealand BIOFIN Assessment Working Group In just 50 years, the Living Planet Index, which monitors 35,000 global wildlife populations, has declined by 73%. [1] In Aotearoa New Zealand al...Read more