Ecuador has launched a new Social Responsibility and Sustainability Fund focused on environmental and climate issues. The private trust fund will receive voluntary contributions from the private sector, supporting sustainable business towards the national objectives of sustainable development, clima...Read more
Conservation Finance
BIOFIN India is embarking on a new initiative to enhance investments in biodiversity conservation from the private sector through Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) funding in the state of Maharashtra. At a recent conference for organized by the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB) and...Read more
Mexican companies working towards conserving and restoring the forests of the country were awarded in November at the second edition of the Bóscares Awards – a play on the Spanish word for forests (bosques) and Oscars (referring to the Academy Awards). The awards are organized by Reforestamos México...Read more
BIOFIN Kyrgyzstan together with UNEP and PAGE is working on a finance solution to reform harmful agricultural subsidies in the small Central Asian nation. The initiative is backed by global targets to reform harmful subsidies and the BIOFIN assessments indicating great potential benefits for the cou...Read more
Representatives from different sectors came together in October to witness how the Tamaraw Conservation Programme (TCP) and Mounts Iglit-Baco Natural Park (MIBNP) rangers risk their lives to protect the tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis), a wild buffalo found only on the island of Mindoro in the Philippi...Read more