Los Cabos, Mexico . Investments in biodiversity made by countries, banks, companies, and individuals that seek to restore and maintain ecosystem goods and services will make economies and human societies more resilient. However, biodiversity is rarely prioritized by public and private decision maker...Read more
Sustainable Development
Bertrand Rassool is BIOFIN Lead Expert in Seychelles. In this Reports from the Field , He shares the current achievements of BIOFIN in Seychelles. He also explained the future plans of BIOFIN-Seychelles. What has been the role of BIOFIN’s Policy and Institutional Review in Seychelles? BIOFIN has alr...Read more
The journal ‘Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution’ recently published a paper titled ‘ Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Conservation for the Twenty-First Century'. The paper led by Kent H. Redford, from Department of Environmental Studies, University of New England, USA discusses role of biodiversity and t...Read more
A team from Deutsche Welle has worked with BIOFIN over the past months to document activities in two countries, Seychelles and Costa Rica. They captured footage of the beautiful nature, combined with interviews of biodiversity finance experts and government representatives involved in the work. Deut...Read more
On 24 February 2015, BIOFIN was officially launched by UNDP in coordination with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), The Ministry of Finance (MINFIN), the National Council for Protected Areas (CONAP) and the Secretariat of Planning and Programming of the Presiden (SEGEPLAN), th...Read more