International Seminar : "Highlighting the need of investment on environment to ensure the sustainable development of Chile" The importance of aligning economic growth and environmental care to move towards the sustainable development of the country was the main subject of the conference, which broug...Read more
Biodiversity Finance
UNDP Expert on Finacial Tools Meruyert Sarsembayeva speaking to the media
UNDP experts organized a green café for the media in Kazakhstan’s capital city of Astana on 20 July 2017 and talked about measures of the UNDP and the Kazakh Government on expanding of protected areas, creating ecological corridors for saigas and koulans, expanding the range of the Asiatic poplar tr...Read more
Biodiversity conversation in Kazakhstan
BIOFIN Experts in forest management, fishery, agriculture, light and heavy industries and representatives of public organizations have discussed a financial resource mobilization plan to conserve biodiversity in Kazakhstan in Almaty on 27-28 July 2017. The BIOFIN project team proposed new areas for...Read more
tourism guides Uganda
By Blerina Gjeka For as long as people lived on earth their survival has been interrelated with the use and management of natural resources, and most notably biodiversity. Forests, grasslands, farms, landscapes and marine ecosystems are not only home and a source of livelihoods to millions of people...Read more
mountains in Kazakhstan
The President of Kazakhstan, Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev signed new legislation in mid June unlocking more funds for protected areas and widening the scope of how ecosystems are defined under the law – allowing funds to be derived from forest areas from companies that use them for their benefit. There...Read more