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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 —...

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Francophone Africa Moves to Close the Biodiversity Finance Gap as the world prepares for the Biodiversity COP17

March
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...Read more
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Four countries pioneering measures to tackle harmful subsidies

March
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...Read more
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Kazakhstan Approves National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for 2026-2035

March
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...Read more
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10 ways UNDP BIOFIN is supporting countries to catalyze private finance for nature

March
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...Read more
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From bird insurance to blue bonds: China tests eight new ways to fund nature

March
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...Read more

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