When the BIOFIN process began in Kazakhstan about ten years ago, it was realized that funding for protected areas was limited. The government wanted to change this with the support of UNDP-BIOFIN. Initially, a clause was included in the 2017 law on protected areas. This clause states that the manage...Read more
News and Media May 2024
The UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) has supported Mongolia in improving the effectiveness of a law on natural resource user fees. This led to an increase in the budget for environmental protection including biodiversity conservation. In 2023, revenues from the Natural Resource Use Paym...Read more
Niran Nirannoot, BIOFIN Manager, Thailand, and Annabelle Trinidad, Senior Technical Advisor of Global BIOFIN BIOFIN Thailand organized the Global Biodiversity Expenditure Taxonomy workshop on 14 May 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. The aim was to gather insights from experts on biodiversity attribution ra...Read more
Ciudad de México, a 8 de mayo del 2024. – El pasado 26 de abril, la Iniciativa Finanzas para la Biodiversidad (BIOFIN) del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) en México, con el apoyo del Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), llevó a cabo un taller para presentar una...Read more
In the 2021/22 financial year, 12,672 incidents of human-wildlife conflict were recorded across Nepal, mainly damaging crops and livestock. Despite various preventative measures, including compensation payments from the government, electric fencing and predator-proof stables, the problem persists. I...Read more