When the BIOFIN process began in Kazakhstan about ten years ago, it was realized that funding for protected areas was limited. The government wanted to change this with the support of UNDP-BIOFIN. Initially, a clause was included in the 2017 law on protected areas. This clause states that the manage...Read more
Protected Areas
Official launch this Wednesday (22/03/2023) in Niamey of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative in Niger (UNDP-BIOFIN). BIOFIN aims to support countries in developing and implementing a biodiversity finance plan for a sustainable future. While the economic value of natural assets represents nearly US$2...Read more
By Ronja Fischer, Research Consultant, BIOFIN I stood at the river, staring at the hiking trail that led to the ranger stations at the Mts. Iglit-Baco Natural Park in the island of Mindoro, Philippines. On the other side of the river, the rangers, who were a mix of Tau-buid (indigenous people of the...Read more
By Midori Paxton, Head, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, UNDP Let us step back in time to more than 2000 years ago, when Chinese philosophical and historical texts contained sophisticated conceptions of nature and our place within it. Daoism, a school of philosophical thought popular to this day, focuse...Read more
By Watcharin Fasiriphorn, Mayor of Koh Tao sub-district Municipality Office, Koh Pha-ngan District, Surat Thani province, Thailand I first came here in 1987 as a public health officer for the Koh Tao Island community health post, treating patients and caring for the people here. It was not my intent...Read more