Watch a short animated video explaining what the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) is and how it works.Read more
Payments for Ecosystem Services
kyrgizstan national park
By Zhanna Khussainova and James Maiden A new study conducted by BIOFIN has found the value of ecosystem services in the Chon-Kemin Nature Park to be worth US$ 140 million per year – a unique habitat for flora and fauna including the iconic snow leopard. At a seminar organised by BIOFIN in mid-July,...Read more
UNDP Expert on Finacial Tools Meruyert Sarsembayeva speaking to the media
UNDP experts organized a green café for the media in Kazakhstan’s capital city of Astana on 20 July 2017 and talked about measures of the UNDP and the Kazakh Government on expanding of protected areas, creating ecological corridors for saigas and koulans, expanding the range of the Asiatic poplar tr...Read more
mountains in Kazakhstan
The President of Kazakhstan, Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev signed new legislation in mid June unlocking more funds for protected areas and widening the scope of how ecosystems are defined under the law – allowing funds to be derived from forest areas from companies that use them for their benefit. There...Read more
Kazakhstan hosted a conference on shared experiences among countries regarding nature capital accounting and Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES). The conference, held in Astana last month, shared experiences among countries regarding nature capital accounting through evaluation of ecosystem service...Read more