The President of Kazakhstan, Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev signed new legislation in mid June unlocking more funds for protected areas and widening the scope of how ecosystems are defined under the law – allowing funds to be derived from forest areas from companies that use them for their benefit. There...Read more
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Almaty, Kazakhstan - Representatives of governments, the United Nations, and technical experts from 13 countries across the Eurasia-Pacific region gathered this week to share knowledge and discuss new financial solutions to protect and better manage biodiversity. Speaking at the 3rd Regional Worksho...Read more
ASTANA, 22 November 2016 – BIOFIN in Kazakhstan conducted a workshop on “Mobilization of financial resources for conservation of biodiversity in Kazakhstan”. The purpose of the Workshop was to discuss the different existing opportunities for new biodiversity finance solutions. This is an important s...Read more
Ainur Shalakhanova is an expert on budget planning for BIOFIN in Kazakhstan. In this report, Ainur shares with us some of her findings from the Biodiversity Expenditure Review. What are the main sources of funding for biodiversity in Kazakhstan? The main source of funding for biodiversity come from...Read more
Kazakhstan hosted a conference on shared experiences among countries regarding nature capital accounting and Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES). The conference, held in Astana last month, shared experiences among countries regarding nature capital accounting through evaluation of ecosystem service...Read more