The Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (FUNBIO) is an innovative financial mechanism created to drive the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Brazil. Active since 1996, FUNBIO was created by a multidisciplinary group consisting of representatives from the Federal Government, academia, civil society and the business world on the strength of a USD 20 million donation from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Since 1996 it has been a strategic partner of these sectors and has supported 411 projects that benefited 305 institutions across all of Brazil’s biomes. FUNBIO has completed Paragon´s Equivalency Determination process and is certified as an organization equivalent to a US public charity.

Mission

To provide strategic resources for biodiversity conservation

Vision

To be the benchmark in enabling strategic resources and solutions for the conservation of biodiversity