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Over 130 countries come together in Chile to boost nature finance and support global biodiversity targets

May

6 May 2025, Santiago, Chile - The world’s largest-ever gathering on nature-finance opened in Chile on Tuesday, as over 130 countries rallied behind global biodiversity goals, exploring bold innovations —...

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UNDP Cuba

Crowdfunding initiative: See you in a while crocodile. Support the Cuban scientists to monitor, study and protect the Cuban crocodile.

October
The Crocodylus rhombifer , or Cuban crocodile, is a species endemic to Cuba. It has one of the most restricted geographic ranges of all crocodiles in the world, inhabiting only...Read more
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Finance Innovations for Biodiversity Take Center Stage as over 40 Countries Convene for Asia-Pacific Dialogue

September
23 September 2025, Da Nang, Viet Nam - More than 120 biodiversity finance experts and government representatives from Europe, Asia, and the Pacific gathered in Da Nang for one of...Read more
Zanzibar

Zanzibar boosts conservation efforts with new digital payments system and raised visitor fees for marine parks

September
Tourists ‘willingness to pay’ higher fees as long as additional revenues finance biodiversity protections: BIOFIN study revealed in 2024 Zanzibar has raised tourist fees for its Marine Conservation Areas, previously...Read more
TNFD Training in South Africa

UNDP Hosts First TNFD Training in South Africa

August
UNDP Hosts First TNFD Training in South Africa Johannesburg, 2025 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Banking Association of South Africa, has hosted a training session...Read more
Sri Lankan Leopard

Sri Lanka Launches First Livestock Insurance Scheme to Protect Leopards and Livelihoods

August
Colombo, Sri Lanka – 19 August 2025 – Sri Lanka today launched its first-ever livestock insurance scheme to address human–wildlife conflict and protect the endangered Sri Lankan Leopard ( Panthera...Read more

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