Botswana

(c) Marino
(c) Marino
Investing in the Planet’s Safety Net
By Midori Paxton, Head, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, UNDP Let us step back in time to more than 2000 years ago, when Chinese philosophical and historical texts contained sophisticated conceptions of nature and our place within it. Daoism, a school of philosophical thought popular to this day, focuse...Read more
(C) Matt Artz
(C) Matt Artz
Unlocking the financing potential of national parks in Botswana
By Masego Malokwane, PR officer from the Department of Wildlife & National Parks, Botswana Botswana teems with abundant wildlife, which draws flocks of tourists. With nearly 40 percent of our land devoted to national parks, biodiversity is a national treasure. Communities throughout the country rely...Read more
The Red Colobus monkey, native in Zanzibar (c) Andrew Seidl
The Red Colobus monkey, native in Zanzibar (c) Andrew Seidl
African countries lighting the way for biodiversity finance solutions
Biodiversity finance experts from across Africa and beyond came together in Zanzibar, Tanzania last week at the BIOFIN 8th African Regional Dialogue to share experiences and build their knowledge about biodiversity finance solutions. Around 50 experts from 12 participating African countries and BIOF...Read more
Sonnie Hiles
Sonnie Hiles
Financing protected areas in a post-COVID world
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that human and planetary well-being are intertwined, that the economy and the health of our planet go hand in hand. That the ecosystems of our economies are embedded within our natural ecosystems. And protected areas have a key role to play. Protected areas – na...Read more