Biodiversity Finance

H.E. Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium, Mr. Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP and Mr. Secretary General of the Ministry of Planning, announce the launch of BIOFIN Niger, 22/03/2023, UNDP photo

22 Mar 2023

Official launch of the BIOFIN initiative in Niger

Official launch this Wednesday (22/03/2023) in Niamey of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative in Niger (UNDP-BIOFIN). BIOFIN aims to support countries in developing and implementing a biodiversity finance plan for a sustainable future. While the economic value of natural assets represents nearly US$2...Read more

27 Jan 2023

FinTech for Nature: Leveraging Technology to Support Biodiversity Conservation

On December 21, 2022, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) India, in partnership with the Biotech Consortium India Limited, organized a stakeholder consultation on "Leveraging FinTech for Biodiversity Conservation" at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. The consultation aimed to provide a...Read more

9 Jan 2023

Tamaraws on the Brink: the last stand of remaining dwarf buffalo in the Philippines

By Ronja Fischer, Research Consultant, BIOFIN I stood at the river, staring at the hiking trail that led to the ranger stations at the Mts. Iglit-Baco Natural Park in the island of Mindoro, Philippines. On the other side of the river, the rangers, who were a mix of Tau-buid (indigenous people of the...Read more

BER Jalisco 2019-2020

3 Jan 2023

BIOFIN Mexico supports the development of the Biodiversity Expenditure Analysis 2019 - 2020 in Jalisco

The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), implemented by the United Nations Development Program in Mexico, and the Ministry of Environment and Territorial Development of Jalisco (SEMADET), developed the state’s Biodiversity Expenditure Review (BER) 2019-2022. The study presents the amount and an...Read more

17 Dec 2022

10 years of UNDP-BIOFIN celebrated at COP15

The Biodiversity Finance Initiative today looked back at its results since its inception 10 years ago with high-level delegates and partners from across the world. Delegates included Ministers from Botswana, Germany, Belize and Kazakhstan, the Norwegian Special Envoy on Climate and Environment, and...Read more