Finance Solutions

The approval of the Payment for Environmental Services (PES) for the removal of sustainable forest carbon sets a precedent for Cuba's participation in the carbon bond market, a financing mechanism used in various countries to support environmental policies. As a further step towards protecting Cuba'...Read more
Project Planning Meeting between UNDP/BIOFIN Zambia & the Bank of Zambia (BoZ)
Project Planning Meeting between UNDP/BIOFIN Zambia & the Bank of Zambia (BoZ)
Earlier in 2023, the Bank of Zambia (BOZ), with technical assistance from Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Zambia Country Office undertook proactive measures to jointly develop a concept note for submission to the NDC Partnership Action Fun...Read more
Photo by Tulkin Radjabov
Photo by Tulkin Radjabov
“Combined with the carbon credits the biodiversity credits mechanism can offer an effective win-win solution for socio-economic and environmental development” by Tulkin Radjabov, National Coordinator of the UNDP BIOFIN Project in Uzbekistan Tashkent, July 11, 2023. The adoption of the Kunming-Montre...Read more
Developing environmental fundraising solutions. BIOFIN Regional Dialogue delegates from all over the globe gather at the grounds of the Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town held in South Africa.
Developing environmental fundraising solutions. BIOFIN Regional Dialogue delegates from all over the globe gather at the grounds of the Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town held in South Africa.
Planet Earth needs approximately USD950 billion per year to restore and protect its imperiled ecosystems necessary to people’s livelihoods, according to a 2020 study by the Nature Conservancy, Paulson Institute and Cornell University. However, only USD121 billion is spent on average per year to cons...Read more