Namibia

BIOFIN Private Financial Sector Training participants

3 Mar 2025

Unlocking green finance: Namibia’s financial sector gears up for biodiversity conservation

By Frida Frans, Biodiversity Finance Specialist 26-28 February 2025, Walvis Bay, Namibia - The urgency of integrating biodiversity conservation into Namibia’s financial and private sectors has never been more critical than it is today. As global attention conversation intensifies on the environmenta...Read more

3 April 2024, Blantyre, Malawi - Participants of the 10th Africa Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Finance

3 Apr 2024

Advancing Biodiversity Conservation: 10th Africa Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Finance

3 April 2024 – Blantyre: Planet Earth requires approximately U S$ 950 billion annually for the restoration and protection of its imperiled ecosystems, vital for sustaining livelihoods. Yet, only an average of US $ 121 billion is allocated each year for biodiversity conservation. Closing this financi...Read more

16 Nov 2022

Ensuring nature positive insurance

Can the insurance sector help safeguard our natural capital? By Onno van den Heuvel and Jan Kellett Estimates show that nature and ecosystems provide over US$125 trillion per year in goods and services to the global economy. However, nature and ecosystems are in grave danger of collapsing and despit...Read more