Gretchen Aquino, BIOFIN lead expert on the Political and Institutional Review in Philippines, explains how BIOFIN worked on this report. What are the main economic sectors that impact biodiversity in the Philippines? In the BIOFIN-Philippines workshops covering the Policy and Institutional Review, w...Read more
Finance Solutions
The South American country has passed two new policy instruments to mainstream biodiversity directly into the public finance system. As part of efforts to ensure adequate financing for biological diversity, Peru officially adopted two key policy instruments to increase the quality and number of publ...Read more
On 24 February 2015, BIOFIN was officially launched by UNDP in coordination with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), The Ministry of Finance (MINFIN), the National Council for Protected Areas (CONAP) and the Secretariat of Planning and Programming of the Presiden (SEGEPLAN), th...Read more
From 25 - 27 February 2014, over 100 participants from the 19 countries participating in BIOFIN discussed progress and lessons learned during a 3-day workshop in Bratislava. Key issues on the agenda included an in-depth review on the BIOFIN methodology, and stocktacking of progress of both the BIOFI...Read more