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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 —...
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10 ways UNDP BIOFIN is supporting countries to catalyze private finance for nature
March
Closing the biodiversity finance gap will require private capital on a scale. Across more than 130 countries, UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP BIOIFN) is supporting countries to tap innovative private...Read more
From bird insurance to blue bonds: China tests eight new ways to fund nature
March
UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) in China pilots market-based solutions, from migratory bird insurance to blue bonds, in Shanghai and Shandong provinces A new wave of financial innovation is taking...Read more
Through BIOFIN, countries are working together to unlock biodiversity finance at scale
February
Achieving global goals to protect nature requires financial resources. Parties to the Convention agreed to mobilize up to $200 billion a year globally - the sum for Target 19 of...Read more
A call for applications for women-led rural enterprises in the Brunca Region, Costa Rica
February
Through the +Natura +Rural program, partner institutions launch an initiative to strengthen the rural bioeconomy San José, February 19, 2026. The Institute of Rural Development (INDER), the Nature Investment Facility...Read more
Exploring Positive Incentives for Sustainable Land Management: Highlights from BIOFIN’s Teach-In with DEFRA
February
By Jasmin Blessing, Gender Advisor, Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), UNDP On 18 February 2026, UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) convened a peer-learning “teach-in” with colleagues from the UK’s Department for...Read more
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