The origins of the COVID-19 pandemic can be traced back to biodiversity loss and we have witnessed the devastating impact it has had across all sectors. Such a crisis also hits the most vulnerable the hardest, with research revealing that women are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. In the fac...Read more
Conservation Finance
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
Maize, cacao, fish, vanilla, and mezcal are the bioeconomy products BIOFIN is supporting for their potential to positively impact ecosystems In its second call, the first one open to the general public, Mexico’s Bioeconomy Acceleration Fund (FAB, its Spanish acronym) received over 150 applications f...Read more
By Bruno N Mweemba, BIOFIN Zambia Team Leader The Government of Zambia has passed a new bill to attract more local investment in nature-positive businesses across the country. Last month, President Hakainde Hichilema announced that Parliament passed the ZDA Amendment Bill which will see a reduction...Read more
Creating a platform for developing detailed understanding about the scope of contribution of the private sector to conservation and sustainable use of biological resources in India.Read more