BIOFIN News and Media

Finance for Nature Is Underway for Negros Oriental

September
DENR and UNDP seal the partnership with the Province of Negros Oriental to mobilize finance for nature with support from the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, 18 September...Read more

Nature Financial Disclosure Readiness: Policy and Institutional Review in South Africa

September
This report provides a perspective of the general institutional readiness of the South African financial sector in responding voluntarily, or mandatory, to the emerging nature risk narrative. Over the last...Read more

A new era for National Biodiversity Finance plans emerges

August
Vancouver – 22 August 2023 The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Target 19, recognizes the importance for all countries to develop a national biodiversity finance plan as an important platform to...Read more

Women connecting with their roots

August
Throughout history, women have played a fundamental role in the preservation of biodiversity; therefore, it is not difficult to imagine that they have been key to the conservation of natural...Read more

Seychelles introduced a tourism environmental sustainability levy

August
Tourism is one of the main pillars of the Seychelles economy, accounting directly and indirectly for 13% of the GDP in 2022(central bank of Seychelles ,2022). The total number of...Read more