At the High-Level Plenary of the UN Biodiversity Conference, Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, highlighted the important role BIOFIN plays in protecting and restoring nature. “We are now pioneering new ways to channel game-changing levels of finance towards nature and the Global Goals. At UNDP, our...Read more
Finance Solutions
(c) Azzedine Rouichi
By Onno van den Heuvel, BIOFIN Global Manager This week I had the opportunity participate in the high-level pre-CBD COP event organised by the Government of Colombia, laying the groundwork for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The event, personally hosted by the President of Colombia Iván...Read more
Janko Ferlic
UNDP is exploring innovative ways to unlock the potential of human-wildlife conflict insurance. The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) and The Insurance & Risk Finance Facility (IRFF) – two UNDP programmes - recently held a workshop with partners, including WWF, to explore ways insurance can b...Read more
(c) UNDP Costa Rica
By Ana Lucia Orozco Rubio, BIOFIN Costa Rica Coordinator, and Rafaella Sánchez, Gender Specialist BIOFIN-UNDP A groundbreaking programme in Costa Rica is promoting the creation of financial instruments for women and nature – working to both close the gender gap and support a nature positive future....Read more
Sigiriya, considered to be one of the most valuable historical monuments in Sri Lanka, has long been renowned as an architectural wonder of urban planning and engineering, and a UNESCO world heritage site since 1982. Converted into a royal palace following King Kashyapa’s flight from the then capita...Read more