Sustainable Development

Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21 July 2025 – One hundred small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Sri Lanka have been awarded the National Sustainable Tourism Certification (NSTC) by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UN...Read more

How can we close the biodiversity finance gap—and turn global goals into national action? The answer starts with a plan. Registration is NOW OPEN for our new, free online course : Biodiversity Finance: Designing and Implementing Finance Plans for Nature ! This free, practical course is designed to e...Read more

South Africa is updating its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to align with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and its Target 15, which calls for greater transparency on how companies and financial institutions impact nature. The Department of Forestry, Fisher...Read more

From 25 to 27 June 2025, more than 55 countries from Africa and the Arab States are gathering in Rwanda for the 11 th Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Finance. The event offers countries a platform to discuss strategies to increase biodiversity finance, exchange experiences on effective finance sol...Read more

By Ian Herbert, Simon Hunt, Mahmoud Sarhan, and Matthew Caro Publishing as members of the University of Otago, New Zealand BIOFIN Assessment Working Group In just 50 years, the Living Planet Index, which monitors 35,000 global wildlife populations, has declined by 73%. [1] In Aotearoa New Zealand al...Read more