Costa Rica has taken a major step toward securing sustainable financing for its protected areas. The country’s Legislative Assembly has approved Law 10,898, enabling the securitization of future revenues generated by its National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) and unlocking new investment oppo...Read more
News and Media April 2026
Chitiwat Pornprasert, UNDP Thailand
By Kanitha Tambunlertchai, Natthida Jitsiri, Niran Nirannoot, Sornsawan Phongphao As countries work to close the global biodiversity finance gap, a critical question emerges: is it only about mobilizing more resources, or about using existing resources more effectively? In Thailand, the answer is in...Read more
Juvy Guiñabo Jamaybay, chairperson of the Luguay Talaba Growers Association, shows off two heavy and hefty oyster bundles.
Anabelle Plantilla, Programme Manager, BIOFIN Philippines, and Sheena Barrameda, Technical Officer, BIOFIN Philippines High in the misty uplands of Negros Occidental, women farmers carefully harvest coffee grown under forest canopies. Along the coast, women oyster growers tend to bamboo rafts, culti...Read more
Coffee connects generations. Clad presents a handful of freshly-plucked coffee cherries with her daughter Sheila Mae, who now serves as the Tambara Forest Settlers Association's Secretary. Photo: Gregg Yan
In the misty uplands of Negros Occidental in the Philippines, women farmers carefully harvest ripe coffee cherries. Along the coast, women oyster growers tend to thrive in shellfish beds beneath bamboo rafts. Though separated by landscape, these communities share a common thread: they are demonstrat...Read more
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UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) in China pilots market-based solutions, from migratory bird insurance to blue bonds, in Shanghai and Shandong provinces A new wave of financial innovation is taking shape in China, where eight pioneering feasibility studies are moving from analysis to...Read more