News and Media Marzo 2019

Improving the model for financial compensation paid by firms encroaching on the environment and biodiversity in Colombia. In Colombia's dry broadleaf forests, unique plants and animals such as the red howler monkey and pig-like peccary find themselves living in ever smaller quarters as development e...Read more

The world’s natural capital is worth US$125 trillion per year. This number exceeds the global GDP. The food we eat, the clean air we breathe, our water, medicine, and places for recreation all depend on nature. Humanity depends on nature. Yet, we have historically ignored its value. Nature’s service...Read more

The first Environmental Planning and Finance online course developed by BIOFIN Mongolia is now part of formal distance trainings of the National Academy of Governance, a leading public educational institution in Mongolia.Read more

A 1000% spike in funding for biodiversity programs has been secured for the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture in 2019. The small country of Georgia, nestled on the southern slopes of the Caucuses mountain range is home to rich biodiversity and is part of two global biodiversity hots...Read more

BIOFIN in Guatemala has led the implementation of a pilot finance solution involving results-based budgeting for coastal marine biodiversity management in five municipalities (Chiquimulilla, La Blanca and Ocós in San Marcos; Champerico and Taxisco in Santa Rosa). At a workshop participants from the...Read more