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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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Why harmful subsidies are difficult to redesign and how behavioural science can help

Why harmful subsidies are difficult to redesign and how behavioural science can help

May
During a recent UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) webinar, experts from UNDP BIOFIN, Sciences Po and participating countries explored one of the most complex challenges in biodiversity finance: why environmentally...Read more
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Five ways gender-responsive finance can help close the biodiversity finance gap

May
Across landscapes and seascapes, women are central to protecting and restoring nature. They manage forests and farmlands, safeguard watersheds, sustain agrobiodiversity, and support community resilience. They are often the first...Read more
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Zanzibar launches digital cashless and tourism system to boost conservation financing and transparency

May
Zanzibar, 7 May 2026: The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), yesterday launched a new Digital Cashless...Read more
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Surge in Private Investments and Public Finance Reforms feature at Landmark Africa and Arab States Biodiversity Finance Dialogue

April
Latest Data reveals 41 countries have leveraged UNDP-BIOFIN support to unlock $3.3 billion in nature finance since 2018 Nairobi, Kenya – April 28 — Ministries of finance and environment, private...Read more
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Ukraine joins UNDP’s global Biodiversity Finance Initiative, BIOFIN

April
With support from the Government of Germany, the new programme will strengthen Ukraine’s green recovery and EU integration efforts. Kyiv, 28 April 2026 — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...Read more

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