As one of the world’s 17 megadiverse countries, which are home to 70% of the world’s species of flora and fauna, Peru economically depends on non-renewable natural resources, with consequent impacts on its rich biodiversity. The country has huge potential to market biodiversity products and services. However, one of the major obstacles faced by biodiversity-friendly businesses is the precariousness of the conditions for making sustainable investments, specifically “impact investments”. 

Recognising this, the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment (MINAM) emphasises the need to improve investment conditions. The project ‘Impact Investments for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Peru (BioInvest)’, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), aims to assign economic value to biodiversity and transform the current model towards a green economy. The project’s goal is to improve conditions for impact investments and other forms of sustainable financing in biodiversity-friendly enterprises.