DENR and UNDP seal the partnership with the Province of Negros Oriental to mobilize finance for nature with support from the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, 18 September 2023 – Negros Oriental Governor Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria, Department of Environment and Nat...Read more
Biodiversity Finance
This report provides a perspective of the general institutional readiness of the South African financial sector in responding voluntarily, or mandatory, to the emerging nature risk narrative. Over the last three to five years there has been a rapidly emerging narrative around the materiality of natu...Read more
Vancouver – 22 August 2023 The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Target 19, recognizes the importance for all countries to develop a national biodiversity finance plan as an important platform to implement the framework in countries. National Biodiversity Finance Plans are being used b...Read more
With the contribution of UNDP-BIOFIN, UNEP FI developed a high-level road map to align financial flows with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). This document builds from the messages expressed during the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Div...Read more
“Combined with the carbon credits the biodiversity credits mechanism can offer an effective win-win solution for socio-economic and environmental development” by Tulkin Radjabov, National Coordinator of the UNDP BIOFIN Project in Uzbekistan Tashkent, July 11, 2023. The adoption of the Kunming-Montre...Read more