Ecuador

Closing the biodiversity finance gap will require private capital on a scale. Across more than 130 countries, UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP BIOIFN) is supporting countries to tap innovative private finance for nature. The world needs US$700 billion every year to halt and reverse biodi...Read more

Achieving global goals to protect nature requires financial resources. Parties to the Convention agreed to mobilize up to $200 billion a year globally - the sum for Target 19 of the Global Biodiversity Framework. The work is already underway. Since 2018, UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFI...Read more

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

The Quito Environment Fund's Fundraising and Financial Sustainability Strategy presents a comprehensive and systematic approach to improving fundraising capacity and ensuring the financial sustainability of biodiversity conservation in Ecuador’s capital city. On March 26, at the Center for Contempor...Read more

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 Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN). This dialogue brought together representatati...Read more