News and Media May 2017

Mr. Guillermo Zuñiga is BIOFIN Lead Expert in Costa Rica. He is the former Finance Minister of Costa Rica. In this Report from the Field, He tells about the financial mechanism used by the Government of Costa Rica. What are the main economic sectors that impact biodiversity in Costa Rica? Our Instit...Read more

The 2nd BIOIFN Regional Workshop for Latin-America and the Caribbean gathered over 60 participants from 10 countries in Santiago de Chile. The opening session featured panel discussions involving Chile’s Environment Minister, Paul Badenier; Director of Sustainable Development and Human Settlement at...Read more

The journal ‘Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution’ recently published a paper titled ‘ Mainstreaming Biodiversity: Conservation for the Twenty-First Century'. The paper led by Kent H. Redford, from Department of Environmental Studies, University of New England, USA discusses role of biodiversity and t...Read more

Hannah St.Luce Martinez is BIOFIN National Project Coordinator in Belize. In this report she explains the need for financial mechanisms for preserving biodiversity in Belize. As Belize has recently joined BIOFIN, what do you think are important entry points on biodiversity finance for the country? T...Read more

A team from Deutsche Welle has worked with BIOFIN over the past months to document activities in two countries, Seychelles and Costa Rica. They captured footage of the beautiful nature, combined with interviews of biodiversity finance experts and government representatives involved in the work. Deut...Read more