The world’s natural capital is worth US$125 trillion per year. This number exceeds the global GDP. The food we eat, the clean air we breathe, our water, medicine, and places for recreation all depend on nature. Humanity depends on nature. Yet, we have historically ignored its value. Nature’s service...Read more
Sustainable Development
A 1000% spike in funding for biodiversity programs has been secured for the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture in 2019. The small country of Georgia, nestled on the southern slopes of the Caucuses mountain range is home to rich biodiversity and is part of two global biodiversity hots...Read more
Finance needed to save the Philippines’ Tamaraws BioCamp for conservation by UNDP Ecosystems & Biodiversity on ExposureRead more
BIOFIN in Guatemala has led the implementation of a pilot finance solution involving results-based budgeting for coastal marine biodiversity management in five municipalities (Chiquimulilla, La Blanca and Ocós in San Marcos; Champerico and Taxisco in Santa Rosa). At a workshop participants from the...Read more
(L-R) Titon Mitra, UNDP Resident Representative, Director Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez of the DENR-BMB, and James Donovan, CEO of ADEC Innovations coming together to reach biodiversity financing goals Manila, Philippines (4 March 2019) – A new partnership was launched this week to develop an online Bi...Read more