Green Economy

The Red Colobus monkey, native in Zanzibar (c) Andrew Seidl

15 Jun 2022

African countries lighting the way for biodiversity finance solutions

Biodiversity finance experts from across Africa and beyond came together in Zanzibar, Tanzania last week at the BIOFIN 8th African Regional Dialogue to share experiences and build their knowledge about biodiversity finance solutions. Around 50 experts from 12 participating African countries and BIOF...Read more

14 Mar 2022

BIOFIN and Cafecol developing new nature-positive businesses models in Mexico

The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has the objective of increasing and improving the efficiency of resource allocation for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. In Mexico, the initiative has a finance solution plan that enc...Read more

Nino Zedginidze/UNDP

1 Mar 2022

Walk On the Wild Side

In Georgia, UNDP helps develop sustainable solutions for state forest management After having lived through two years of the pandemic, it’s hard to think about anything without feeling overwhelmed by the disruption, loss, and ubiquitous uncertainty the pandemic has caused. But take a deep breath. Th...Read more

3 Feb 2022

Zambia Reduces Minimum Investment Threshold to Attract Incentives for Local Green Investments

By Bruno N Mweemba, BIOFIN Zambia Team Leader The Government of Zambia has passed a new bill to attract more local investment in nature-positive businesses across the country. Last month, President Hakainde Hichilema announced that Parliament passed the ZDA Amendment Bill which will see a reduction...Read more

2 Feb 2022

Shaping a Nature Positive Bio-economy

By Ronja Fischer, BIOFIN Intern We recently investigated what kind of financial actions are needed to create a nature-positive bio-economy. Now, we will take a deeper look at how the bio-economy itself could be nature positive, taking forestry as an example. When talking with countries or companies...Read more