Mexico

(C) Humberto Arellano
(C) Humberto Arellano
Mexico: Jalisco is betting on biodiversity
By Alejandra Blanco, former Director of the Environmental Fund, State of Jalisco, Mexico Biodiversity offers enormous value to the economy and society of the Mexican state of Jalisco. The state is one of the most populous and economically thriving states in Mexico, and one of the most biodiverse wit...Read more
Guanajuato’s First Impact Investment Forum
Guanajuato’s First Impact Investment Forum
BIOFIN Mexico participates in Guanajuato’s First Impact Investment Forum
From November 23 to 24, BIOFIN Mexico participated in the state of Guanajuato’s First Impact Investment Forum, which took place in the city of Leon, Guanajuato. The event was organized by the state’s government and Volkswagen Mexico, in collaboration with BIOFIN Mexico, and had the objective of fost...Read more
(C) Daniel Grandfield
(C) Daniel Grandfield
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
MVC Yucatan workshop with ejidatarios
MVC Yucatan workshop with ejidatarios
BIOFIN Mexico participates in workshop on Voluntary Carbon Markets in Yucatan
The Secretariat of Sustainable Development (SDS, for its acronym in Spanish) of the state of Yucatan, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Mexico, UNDP’s Climate and Forests Programme, the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity I...Read more
National readiness for nature-related disclosures in emerging markets
National readiness for nature-related disclosures in emerging markets
BIOFIN Mexico participates in the study: "National readiness for nature-related disclosures in emerging markets"
From late 2021 to early 2022, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Mexico team participated, along with four other country teams (Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, and Zambia), in a study with a view to assessing countries' readiness for nature-related disclosures. Some of the topics explored we...Read more