Biodiversity Finance

A new chapter in sustainable waste management and coastal conservation is unfolding in Thailand. The United Nations Development Programme’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP-BIOFIN), in collaboration with the Raks Thai Foundation and Krungthai Bank, has launched “From-Trash-to-Treasure: A Commun...Read more

San José, Costa Rica – 27 May 2025 The “Raíces” program, a national initiative supporting Indigenous-led sustainable tourism in Costa Rica, has launched its fourth call for applications — now expanding for the first time to the Caribbean territories of Nairi Awari and Bajo Chirripó. Developed to emp...Read more

By Ian Herbert, Simon Hunt, Mahmoud Sarhan, and Matthew Caro Publishing as members of the University of Otago, New Zealand BIOFIN Assessment Working Group In just 50 years, the Living Planet Index, which monitors 35,000 global wildlife populations, has declined by 73%. [1] In Aotearoa New Zealand al...Read more

New €11.5 million German contribution to UNDP-BIOFIN will support Ukraine’s inaugural Biodiversity Finance Plan and scale up global action Santiago, Chile, 15 May 2025 - The Sixth Global Conference on Biodiversity Finance – with more than 130 countries represented - concluded with strong calls for u...Read more

WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – On the 2025 International Day for Biological Diversity, Namibia embraced the global call for “Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development” by convening a dynamic high-level dialogue that brought together policymakers, academics, youth leaders, and biodiversity finance experts...Read more