The Salazar Center is proud to announce that Alonso Martínez will be joining us Denver, Colorado, for the fifth-annual International Symposium on Conservation Impact.
Alonso has collaborated for more than five years in United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), where he currently acts as National Coordinator.
He has a degree in Economics from Tecnológico de Monterrey, a Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Economics from México’s National University, and a master’s in Economics and Environmental and Energy Policy from University College London. He began his career at CONANP, contributing to estimating the financial gap of protected areas and developing economic valuation of ecosystem services. During his career, he has contributed to integrating the economic and financial approach into public policies for the conservation of biodiversity.
The Biodiversity Finance Initiative is a global partnership launched by UNDP and the European Commission that supports countries to enhance their financial management of biodiversity and ecosystems. Forty countries have already started a national BIOFIN process.
BIOFIN makes use of three detailed country-level assessments to develop a biodiversity finance plan, drawing on qualitative and quantitative data, innovative methodologies, and global and national expert input. It aims to develop a methodology for quantifying the biodiversity finance gap at the national level, for improving cost-effectiveness through mainstreaming of biodiversity into national development and sectoral planning, and for developing comprehensive national finance plans.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BIOFIN Mexico, Executive Summary of Phase 1: Results and Biodiversity Finance Solutions
BIOFIN Knowledge Briefs: Conversations in Biodiversity and FinTech