Sustainable Development

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.
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.
South Africa is in the process of updating its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans
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
Biodiversity Finance Results from Africa
Biodiversity Finance Results from Africa
Six Countries Leading the Way in Africa's New Era of Biodiversity Finance
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
Photo: UNDP Rwanda
Photo: UNDP Rwanda
Protecting nature through digital innovations in Rwanda
In the heart of Africa, Rwanda is writing a new chapter in how countries can protect nature, not with more paperwork, but with smarter technology. As the world faces a growing biodiversity finance gap — estimated at over $700 billion annually — Rwanda has developed a digital solution that is changin...Read more
Photo: The official launch of the Thematic Bond Guide in Ecuador.
Photo: The official launch of the Thematic Bond Guide in Ecuador.
Ecuador launches its second Thematic Bond Guide
Guayaquil, Ecuador, 24 April 2025 - The Guayaquil Stock Exchange (BVG), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), has unveiled the second edition of its Thematic Bond Guide - a strategic tool designed to accelerate the growth of s...Read more
Photo: Hambardzum Matevosyan, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Armenia and Chair of the COP-17 Organizing Committee
Photo: Hambardzum Matevosyan, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Armenia and Chair of the COP-17 Organizing Committee
Armenia launches BIOFIN to advance biodiversity financing
Yerevan, 28 March 2025 – Armenia officially launched the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) project today at an event held at UN House. The four-year initiative, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Armenia, is ex...Read more