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 —...

FIRE Argentina launched: a UNDP tool to facilitate biodiversity financing

July

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...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.

South Africa is in the process of updating its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans

July

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...Read more

New fund launched to catalyze US$200 million for tiger landscape conservation

June

Seville, June 30 – An innovative new financing mechanism for tiger landscape conservation was launched today during the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, Spain. Led by...Read more

Biodiversity Finance Results from Africa

Six Countries Leading the Way in Africa's New Era of Biodiversity Finance

June

From 25 to 27 June 2025, more than 55 countries from Africa and the Arab States are gathering in Rwanda for the 11 th Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Finance. The...Read more

More than 40 new countries to join dialogue through GEF partnership with UNDP-BIOFIN

Nature-Finance Innovations Take Centre Stage at Africa and Arab States Conference in Kigali

June

KIGALI, Rwanda – 25 June 2025 - More than 150 biodiversity-finance experts and senior government officials from over 55 countries across Africa and the Arab States are meeting in Kigali...Read more