BIOFIN News and Media

Over 130 countries come together in Chile to boost nature finance and support global biodiversity targets

May

6 May 2025, Santiago, Chile - The world’s largest-ever gathering on nature-finance opened in Chile on Tuesday, as over 130 countries rallied behind global biodiversity goals, exploring bold innovations —...

From budgets to results: How Thailand is making public finance work for nature

April

By Kanitha Tambunlertchai, Natthida Jitsiri, Niran Nirannoot, Sornsawan Phongphao As countries work to close the global biodiversity finance gap, a critical question emerges: is it only about mobilizing more resources,...Read more

Juvy Guiñabo Jamaybay, chairperson of the Luguay Talaba Growers Association, shows off two heavy and hefty oyster bundles.

Investing in Women to Protect Nature: Lessons from the Philippines

April

Anabelle Plantilla, Programme Manager, BIOFIN Philippines, and Sheena Barrameda, Technical Officer, BIOFIN Philippines High in the misty uplands of Negros Occidental, women farmers carefully harvest coffee grown under forest canopies....Read more

Coffee connects generations. Clad presents a handful of freshly-plucked coffee cherries with her daughter Sheila Mae, who now serves as the Tambara Forest Settlers Association's Secretary. Photo: Gregg Yan

From coffee to oysters: how women in the Philippines are unlocking biodiversity finance

April

In the misty uplands of Negros Occidental in the Philippines, women farmers carefully harvest ripe coffee cherries. Along the coast, women oyster growers tend to thrive in shellfish beds beneath...Read more

Francophone Africa Moves to Close the Biodiversity Finance Gap as the world prepares for the Biodiversity COP17

March

A landmark workshop will equip 24 French-speaking nations with the tools to close their biodiversity finance gap, with support from UNDP-BIOFIN, IFDD and the Global Environment Facility Casablanca, Morocco, March...Read more

Four countries pioneering measures to tackle harmful subsidies

March

Under Target 18 of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), governments committed to identifying, eliminating or redesigning incentives, including subsidies that harm biodiversity, while scaling up positive incentives for conservation...Read more