Protected Areas

Representatives from across Europe, Asia and Pacific are encouraging increased investment in nature from both the public and private sectors, with emerging data revealing that significant finance gaps remain for countries to achieve their biodiversity targets. As the host country for the 5 th Biodiv...Read more

Countries from across Europe, Asia and Pacific exchange learning and experiences in Thailand 5 th BIOFIN Regional Dialogue for Europe, Asia and Pacific 24-26 th September Spanning from Georgia in the West to Fiji in the Pacific, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative’s (BIOFIN) diverse presence across...Read more

Roughly every two years, UNDP’s Nature for Development programme hosts the Equator Prize , an award recognizing outstanding local and indigenous community efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. This year, the awardees are 22 groups that have developed...Read more

BIOFIN has launched an interactive Microsite of its flagship publication - the BIOFIN Workbook 2018. The Workbook Microsite allows readers and users to access the publication online and has easy access to chapters, diagrams and figures. Browse the Workbook Microsite hereRead more

Financial benefits worth more than USD6 million per year would be realised in Seychelles through the implementation of several finance solutions in the small Indian Ocean island nation – but a substantial financial gap remains to properly protect its biodiversity. Seychelles is already protecting 50...Read more