BIOFIN News and Media

BIOFIN Mexico organizes the first working table on finance for the sustainable management of biodiversity

December
Mexico City. On December 1, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Mexico, in collaboration with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the German...Read more

'Closing the Gap' - short film

December
The world faces a $800 billion per year biodiversity funding gap, funds needed to protect and restore nature. UNDP-BIOFIN is at the forefront of working with governments, the private sector,...Read more

Investing in the Planet’s Safety Net

December
By Midori Paxton, Head, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, UNDP Let us step back in time to more than 2000 years ago, when Chinese philosophical and historical texts contained sophisticated conceptions of...Read more

National sustainable tourism certification scheme to boost Sri Lanka’s tourism

December
By Mr. P. U. Ratnayake – Director, DT & CR, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Sri Lanka is a truly unique tourism experience. It is an island full of treasures,...Read more

Better together in Koh Tao, Thailand

December
By Watcharin Fasiriphorn, Mayor of Koh Tao sub-district Municipality Office, Koh Pha-ngan District, Surat Thani province, Thailand I first came here in 1987 as a public health officer for the...Read more