Report on the Identification of Funding Options for the Implementation of the Central Asian Mammals Initiative

This report evaluates and identifies financing instruments that might be suitable for implementing the Programme of Work (PoW) of the Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI). This report features an introduction of CAMI and its PoW of 2021-2026 (section 1 of this report), followed by a short overview on the status quo on
biodiversity finance world-wide and current barriers for private investments in biodiversity (section 2), the needs regarding financing instruments for biodiversity finance from the perspective of experts working within the CAMI region (section 3), a detailed summary of common instruments that can be utilised to finance biodiversity and conservation, including best-practice cases (section 4). Based on this, the report provides targeted suggestions for the stakeholders on suitable finance mechanisms to support the implementation of the CAMI PoW (section 5).