A CONSERVATION CRISIS - AN UNPAYABLE DEBT Sri Lanka is a tropical treasure, exhibiting exceptional biodiversity and is considered the richest country in Asia in terms of species concentration. The genetic diversity of Sri Lanka has provided its people with countless resources, on which lives, and li...Read more
Conservation Finance
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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
African Buffalo
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
(c) Uriel Soberanes
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
(c) Birger Strahl
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