BIOFIN News and Media

UNDP and UNEP launch the Cali Fund at COP16 in Rome, heralding a new era of biodiversity financing

February

26 February 2025, Rome, Italy – On the margins of the resumed session of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Rome,...

Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines explore a market-driven solution to fund conservation

Boosting Biodiversity: Can Credits Bridge Southeast Asia’s Nature Financing Gap?

April

A New Market for Nature The race to protect our planet’s remaining natural ecosystems is more urgent than ever. Forests are disappearing, coral reefs are under stress, and wildlife populations...Read more

Green taxonomy validation workshop in Zambia

Championing green finance in Zambia: BIOFIN hosts green taxonomy validation workshop

April

Lusaka, Zambia – 3 April 2025 – The United Nations Development Programme’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP BIOFIN) Zambia, in partnership with the Government of Zambia and the Green Finance Mainstreaming...Read more

Photo: Hambardzum Matevosyan, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Armenia and Chair of the COP-17 Organizing Committee

Armenia launches BIOFIN to advance biodiversity financing

March

Yerevan, 28 March 2025 – Armenia officially launched the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) project today at an event held at UN House. The four-year initiative, funded by the Global Environment...Read more

The Quito Environment Fund has a new Fundraising Strategy

March

The Quito Environment Fund's Fundraising and Financial Sustainability Strategy presents a comprehensive and systematic approach to improving fundraising capacity and ensuring the financial sustainability of biodiversity conservation in Ecuador’s capital...Read more

Greening agricultural finance in Colombia

Colombia leads the way in greening agricultural finance to protect biodiversity

March

Bogotá, D.C | 19 March 2025 — Colombia is advancing in its efforts to transform its agricultural sector into a sustainable production model. This shift is driven by public and...Read more