BIOFIN News and Media

Zambia's Central Bank secures funding from the NDC Partnership with support from UNDP Zambia Country Office and BIOFIN Zambia

November
Earlier in 2023, the Bank of Zambia (BOZ), with technical assistance from Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Zambia Country Office undertook proactive measures to...Read more

Empowering gorilla conservation and communities through NFTs

October
Boniface Manzi (not real name) carries luggage for tourists who come from around the world to commune with Rwanda’s mountain gorillas. As a member of the local luggage carrier cooperative,...Read more

Mexico’s Biodiversity Expenditure Account: Update and Institutionalization

October
From this year on, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) will officially publish yearly the results of the Biodiversity Expenditure Review (BER) based upon the Environmental Protection Account...Read more

Increasing Biodiversity Finance: Moving the needle in Latin America

October
Last September, a significant event unfolded in Panama, where representatives from 10 countries convened for the 9th Latin American and Caribbean Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Finance, organized by the UNDP's...Read more

A fingertip industry

October
Wu Qiaoling lives in Menyuan County, in Qinghai Province, China. She’s been embroidering since she was twenty years old. As she embroiders her own projects, and when she teaches other...Read more