News and Media March 2026

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 31, 2026 The forests of the Congo Basin shelter more species than almost anywhere on Ea...Read more

Under Target 18 of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), governments committed to identifying, eliminating or redesigning incentives, including subsidies that harm biodiversity, while scaling up positive incentives for conservation and sustainable use. This commitment addresses...Read more

The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan has adopted the Concept for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity (Concept). This strategic framework sets clear priorities and targets to strengthen biodiversity conservation across the country and ensure the sustainable use of bio...Read more

Closing the biodiversity finance gap will require private capital on a scale. Across more than 130 countries, UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP BIOIFN) is supporting countries to tap innovative private finance for nature. The world needs US$700 billion every year to halt and reverse biodi...Read more

By Jasmin Blessing, Gender Advisor, Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), UNDP On 18 February 2026, UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) convened a peer-learning “teach-in” with colleagues from the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to explore England’s tran...Read more