Sustainable Development

The Cuban Biodiversity Finance Plan was approved in early July by the BIOFIN steering committee at a meeting in Havana with the Vice Minister of the Environment, the Vice Minister of Economy and Planning and the Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP in Cuba. The Vice Minister of the Environment poi...Read more

Harnessing the enormous potential of private investment in nature-based solutions is crucial to protect the environment and promote the sustainable development of the economy. Bioeconomy represents a growing market where biodiversity plays a leading role. No set of initiatives and financial instrume...Read more

Kyrgyzstan has presented its Biodiversity Finance Plan, prepared by BIOFIN with the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic and the State Agency of Environmental Protection (SAEPF). The Director of Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Areas of the SAEPF Mr Almaz Musaev said that...Read more

Cartagena, Colombia – Tapping the huge potential of private investment into nature-based solutions is crucial for protecting the environment and sustainably developing economies, agreed experts at a prominent regional meeting for biodiversity finance in Cartagena this week. There is a large financia...Read 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