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
South Africa
South Africa is now one of the first countries in the world to develop a spatial data tool that integrates priorities across biodiversity conservation, climate change, and sustainable development into a single action map. This comes as a result of the partnership that the United Nations Development...Read more
The BIOFIN South Africa hosted a Wildlife Ranches and Conservation Landscapes - Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECM) and Conservancies frameworks workshop from the 14th to the 18th of February in Alexandria, Gqeberha- Eastern Cape with a number of key stakeholders in the public se...Read more
The second day of BIOFIN's online pan-regional dialogue, joined by experts from Asia, Pacific, Eurasia, Europe, the Arab States, Africa Latin America and the Caribbean, triggered dynamic discussions around how governments, private sector, and civil society can innovate for biodiversity protection an...Read more
Mapping Hope: Putting Nature at the Heart of Development Planning Transforming towards nature-positive development in South Africa Authors : Nokutula Mhene, UNDP South Africa Country Office - picture Greer Hawley, Knowledge Management Expert - Mapping Nature for People and Planet project - picture C...Read more