Recently, the world has raised USD 45 billion per year from the private sector, while 73 public and partially public climate funds are in place. However, these efforts are insufficient, and countries are off-track in their progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. We need muc...Read more
Thailand
Photo credit: UNDP Thailand. Tourists paying a user fee of $0.60 to visit Koh Tao Island. The funds are used for coral reef restoration and waste management.
Koh Tao, also known as Thailand's Turtle Island, is one of Southeast Asia's most unique and attractive tourist destinations. Its rich biodiversity, crystal-clear waters, jungle habitats, and famous coral reefs draw between 300,000 to 500,000 tourists annually. Many come to enjoy the island’s world-r...Read more
GLOBE Workshop organized in Bangkok, Thailand by UNDP BIOFIN and ONEP.
Niran Nirannoot, BIOFIN Manager, Thailand, and Annabelle Trinidad, Senior Technical Advisor of Global BIOFIN BIOFIN Thailand organized the Global Biodiversity Expenditure Taxonomy workshop on 14 May 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand. The aim was to gather insights from experts on biodiversity attribution ra...Read more
‘Biodiversity Finance Solutions Exhibition - 5th BIOFIN Global Conference’ This poster is part of an series of all BIOFIN countries and showcases the innovative (existing or potential) finance solutions and work of the countries and partners. As part of the 5th Global Conference on Biodiversity Fina...Read more
(c) Marino
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