Biodiversity Finance

In Sri Lanka, sustainable tourism is proving that protecting nature and improving livelihoods can go hand in hand. Through the National Sustainable Tourism Certification, more than 200 small tourism entrepreneurs , many of them homestay and hotel owners , are adopting environmentally friendly practi...Read more

Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) is emerging as one of India’s most effective biodiversity finance solutions, demonstrating how the use of biological resources can generate tangible financial benefits for conservation, local communities, and sustainable development. Supported by UNDP’s Biodiversity...Read more

Lusaka, Zambia — 2nd December 2025 - Zambia has reached a major milestone in its transition toward a green and climate-resilient economy with the official launch of the Zambia Green Finance Taxonomy (ZGFT), a landmark national framework that provides clear, science-based criteria for identifying env...Read more

By Mr. Donnapat Tamornsuwan, Senior Field Officer, Raks Thai Foundation (interviewed in Thai), and Ms. Niran Nirannoot, Project Manager, BIOFIN, UNDP Thailand (co-created in English) Meet Soodjai Boonsook, a woman whose passion for protecting nature runs as deep as the waters surrounding her island...Read more

A new initiative supporting Türkiye in closing its biodiversity finance gap was launched today in Ankara, bringing together public institutions, academia, and experts Ankara, 5 November 2025 - The project for Supporting the Development of National Biodiversity Finance Plans (BIOFIN) was officially l...Read more