Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

While India’s biodiversity management and conservation are primarily supported through public finance, new and innovative efforts involving the corporate sector through Corporate Social Responsibility finds (CSR), mainstreaming of biodiversity in the agriculture sector and Access and Benefit Sharing...Read more

BIOFIN Mexico, along with the National Commission on Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity ( CONABIO ) and the German Development Agency (GIZ), developed a temporary exhibition called “Echoes of the Earth: Economy and Ecosystems” in the Economy Interactive Museum ( MIDE , for its Spanish acronym). The o...Read more

The government of Indonesia issued its first Islamic ‘green’ sovereign bond known as Green Sukuk in early 2018, listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Dubai. It has attracted investment of around US$ 1.25 billion. The green bond and green sukuk framework that was recently developed has se...Read more

Policy makers and biodiversity finance experts discussed the challenges related to biodiversity conservation in Georgia and progress in cooperation for mobilizing resources in the country, at a side event during the COP 14 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Georgia is fortunate to be endowed with rich biodi...Read more

The world’s natural capital is worth US$125 trillion per year. This number exceeds the global GDP. The food we eat, the clean air we breathe, our water, medicine, and places for recreation all depend on nature. Humanity depends on nature. Yet, we have historically ignored its value. Nature’s service...Read more