Conservation Finance

Babagon Catchment in Sabah. Credit GEF SGP
Babagon Catchment in Sabah. Credit GEF SGP
Malaysia Advances Ecological Fiscal Transfer for biodiversity conservation
By Ainur Shalakhanova, Pek Chuan Gan, Onno van den Heuvel, Abbie Trinidad Conservation areas have many benefits for people that go beyond a local area. The cost associated with conservation measures are largely incurred at local level. Ecological fiscal transfers (EFT) help balance this out. It is a...Read more
H.E. Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, Mr. Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP and Mr. Secretary General of the Ministry of Planning, announce the launch of BIOFIN Niger, 22/03/2023, UNDP photo
H.E. Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, Mr. Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP and Mr. Secretary General of the Ministry of Planning, announce the launch of BIOFIN Niger, 22/03/2023, UNDP photo
Official launch of the BIOFIN initiative in Niger
Official launch this Wednesday (22/03/2023) in Niamey of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative in Niger (UNDP-BIOFIN). BIOFIN aims to support countries in developing and implementing a biodiversity finance plan for a sustainable future. While the economic value of natural assets represents nearly US$2...Read more
First working table on finance for the sustainable management of biodiversity
First working table on finance for the sustainable management of biodiversity
BIOFIN Mexico organizes the first working table on finance for the sustainable management of biodiversity
Mexico City. On December 1, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Mexico, in collaboration with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the German Development Bank (KFW, for its acronym in German), organized the first working table on fina...Read more