To promote sustainable forest management, the "Biodiversity Friendly Community Forestry Operational Plan Preparation Guidelines" were validated by stakeholders in Sudurpaschim Province, Nepal. This initiative aims to close the significant funding gap in the implementation of the Nepal Biodiversity S...Read more
Finance Solutions
“Combined with the carbon credits the biodiversity credits mechanism can offer an effective win-win solution for socio-economic and environmental development” by Tulkin Radjabov, National Coordinator of the UNDP BIOFIN Project in Uzbekistan Tashkent, July 11, 2023. The adoption of the Kunming-Montre...Read more
On May 15, 2024, in a workshop with all Marine Protected Areas (MPA) partners in Viet Nam, UNDP presented key insights into BIOFIN’s methodologies and solutions. The presentation emphasized innovative financing mechanisms that have been successfully implemented worldwide under BIOFIN to support biod...Read more
Planet Earth needs approximately USD950 billion per year to restore and protect its imperiled ecosystems necessary to people’s livelihoods, according to a 2020 study by the Nature Conservancy, Paulson Institute and Cornell University. However, only USD121 billion is spent on average per year to cons...Read more
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