Sustainable Development

7 Dec 2022

Guatemala: Rejuvenating the oceans, for people and planet

With Marvin Zamora, community leader, and Omar Peralta, Municipal Environmental Management Unit of the Municipality of Taxisco, Guatemala ''I was born a fisherman. Our village culture is fishing. But we have seen a decline in fish population due to pollution and climate change.'' - Marvin Zamora Mar...Read more

5 Dec 2022

The Nature of Subsidies: Improving their impacts on biodiversity

UNDP-BIOFIN is set to publish a step-by-step guideline to assess to which extent subsidies and government support are having harmful impacts on biodiversity and create action plans to rethink and redesign them.Read more

UNDP/2022/Simon Nazer

21 Sep 2022

More Women More Nature: Supporting clean cosmetics in Costa Rica

At the height of COVID-19-related lockdowns in Costa Rica, Elizabeth Ramirez Gonzalez and Andrea Rojas Cruz, both out of work, decided to do an online course on organic cosmetics. They did now know each other at the time and little did they know that connecting online would lead them on a journey to...Read more

28 Jul 2022

New Podcast: Nature positive investment strategies with Karner Blue Capital

Karner Blue Capital is a woman-owned and led enterprise which is building global investment strategies dedicated to protecting the planet’s biodiversity, fostering environmental stewardship and improving animal welfare. We caught up with President and Co-Founder Vicki Benjamin to learn how they prio...Read more

TNFD

25 May 2022

CNBV, with support from BIOFIN Mexico, has joined the TNFD Forum as a member

The National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV, for its Spanish acronym) in Mexico has joined the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Forum as a member. This was accomplished with the support from the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) in Mexico. The Forum is a glob...Read more