Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet

For World Wildlife Day 2025, we're exploring Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet. Investing in wildlife is not an aspiration, it is a necessity! It is our collective responsibility towards a resilient future for both people and the planet. From the highland steppe to the coral reefs, wild animals and plants hold intrinsic value as part of the intricate web of life on Earth, sustaining ecosystems, regulating natural processes and supporting biodiversity. Wildlife provides essential services that support human livelihoods and the achievement of our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) has revitalized the global effort to take urgent action to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, calling for stimulating innovative financial schemes to mobilize at least USD 200 billion of financial flows for biodiversity (Target 19) and aiming to eliminate, phase out, or reform harmful subsidies by at least USD 500 billion annually by 2030 (Target 18). No single financial mechanism will fill all conservation funding gaps. Therefore, mobilizing financial resources for wildlife at the scale required demands creating enabling conditions, building trust, and applying a collaborative, multi-pronged approach that involves governments, financial institutions, businesses, and civil society, and that considers of the needs and expertise of indigenous peoples, local communities, women and youth. Learn more at https://wildlifeday.org/en World-class footage by ‪@OpenPlanetOrg‬ #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2025 #WorldWildlifeDay2025 #WildlifeConservationFinance #InvestingInPeopleAndPlanet