BIOFIN News and Media

Tanzania officialy launches BIOFIN to advance biodiversity conservation in its mainland

March
Dar es Salaam, 7 March 2025 - The Vice President’s Office, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has officially launched the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) in mainland...Read more

Driving Sustainability in Zambia’s Insurance Sector: BIOFIN Equips CEOs with ESG & Green Finance Strategies

March
The Zambian insurance sector is entering a new era of sustainability, placing a strong emphasis on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles and green finance. This transformation was underscored during...Read more

Uzbekistan has finalised its Biodiversity Finance Plan to secure investments for conservation

March
Tashkent, 10 March 2025— The UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), in collaboration with the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change and other partners in Uzbekistan, has developed a...Read more

Unlocking green finance: Namibia’s financial sector gears up for biodiversity conservation

March
By Frida Frans, Biodiversity Finance Specialist 26-28 February 2025, Walvis Bay, Namibia - The urgency of integrating biodiversity conservation into Namibia’s financial and private sectors has never been more critical...Read more

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,...Read more