By Alejandra Blanco, former Director of the Environmental Fund, State of Jalisco, Mexico Biodiversity offers enormous value to the economy and society of the Mexican state of Jalisco. The state is one of the most populous and economically thriving states in Mexico, and one of the most biodiverse wit...Read more
Finance Solutions
UNDP-BIOFIN is set to publish a step-by-step guideline to assess to which extent subsidies and government support are having harmful impacts on biodiversity and create action plans to rethink and redesign them.Read more
In the face of a serious financial crisis for tourism-dependent natural treasures, BIOFIN developed and supported five crowdfunding campaigns in Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Philippines, and Thailand.Read more
From November 23 to 24, BIOFIN Mexico participated in the state of Guanajuato’s First Impact Investment Forum, which took place in the city of Leon, Guanajuato. The event was organized by the state’s government and Volkswagen Mexico, in collaboration with BIOFIN Mexico, and had the objective of fost...Read more
Can the insurance sector help safeguard our natural capital? By Onno van den Heuvel and Jan Kellett Estimates show that nature and ecosystems provide over US$125 trillion per year in goods and services to the global economy. However, nature and ecosystems are in grave danger of collapsing and despit...Read more