BIOFIN News and Media

Finance Innovations for Biodiversity Take Center Stage as over 40 Countries Convene for Eurasia-Pacific Dialogue

September
23 September 2025, Da Nang, Viet Nam - More than 120 biodiversity finance experts and government representatives from Europe, Asia, and the Pacific gathered in Da Nang for one of...Read more

Zanzibar boosts conservation efforts with new digital payments system and raised visitor fees for marine parks

September
Tourists ‘willingness to pay’ higher fees as long as additional revenues finance biodiversity protections: BIOFIN study revealed in 2024 Zanzibar has raised tourist fees for its Marine Conservation Areas, previously...Read more

UNDP Hosts First TNFD Training in South Africa

August
UNDP Hosts First TNFD Training in South Africa Johannesburg, 2025 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Banking Association of South Africa, has hosted a training session...Read more

Revitalizing Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) in Sri Lanka: Building Capacity for the Future

August
A four-day capacity-building workshop on Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) brought together government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in Kandy from 19–22 August 2025 to strengthen Sri Lanka’s path...Read more

Sri Lanka Launches First Livestock Insurance Scheme to Protect Leopards and Livelihoods

August
Colombo, Sri Lanka – 19 August 2025 – Sri Lanka today launched its first-ever livestock insurance scheme to address human–wildlife conflict and protect the endangered Sri Lankan Leopard ( Panthera...Read more