Biodiversity Finance

BIOFIN Private Financial Sector Training participants

3 Mar 2025

Unlocking green finance: Namibia’s financial sector gears up for biodiversity conservation

By Frida Frans, Biodiversity Finance Specialist 26-28 February 2025, Walvis Bay, Namibia - The urgency of integrating biodiversity conservation into Namibia’s financial and private sectors has never been more critical than it is today. As global attention conversation intensifies on the environmenta...Read more

Uzbekistan launches biodiversity finance plan

3 Mar 2025

Uzbekistan has finalised its Biodiversity Finance Plan to secure investments for conservation

Tashkent, 10 March 2025— The UNDP’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), in collaboration with the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change and other partners in Uzbekistan, has developed a Biodiversity Finance Plan —a strategic roadmap for mobilizing resources to prote...Read more

Photo: IISD. Launch of Cali Fund

28 Feb 2025

UNDP and UNEP launch the Cali Fund at COP16 in Rome, heralding a new era of biodiversity financing

26 February 2025, Rome, Italy – On the margins of the resumed session of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Rome, UNDP and UNEP officially launched the Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the use of Digital Sequence...Read more

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26 Feb 2025

India’s strategy to repurpose subsidies for biodiversity conservation

By Dr. Ruchi Pant, Head, NRM, and Biodiversity, and Ms Vibhupriya Singh, Consultant, NRM and Biodiversity, UNDP India. India, home to diverse ecosystems and a rich biocultural heritage, has updated its National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (NBSAP) to better align with global conservation...Read more

Wildlife conservation is crucial for a sustainable future and can help strengthen livelihoods in communities that share the same habitat.

3 Feb 2025

Living with giants: Working with communities to reduce conflict between humans and wildlife

Author: Vanessa Wematu Akibate , Communications Officer, UNDP Zambia Wildlife conservation is crucial for a sustainable future, but it can sometimes threaten the livelihoods of communities that share the same habitat. Climate change, particularly the consequences of drought in the southern Africa re...Read more