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As The Poor Are Disproportionately Affected By Environmental Degradation And Lack Of Access To Clean Affordable Water Sanitation And Energy Services UNDP Seeks To Address Environmental Issues In Order To Improve Developing Countries� Abilities To Develop Sustainably Increase Human Development And Reduce Poverty UNDP Works With Countries To Strengthen Their Capacity To Address Global Environmental Issues By Providing Innovative Policy Advice And Linking Partners Through Environmentally Sensitive Development Projects That Help Poor People Build Sustainable Livelihoods UNDP's Environmental Strategy Focuses On Effective Water Governance Including Access To Water Supply And Sanitation Access To Sustainable Energy Services Sustainable Land Management To Combat Desertification And Land Degradation Conservation And Sustainable Use Of Biodiversity And Policies To Control Emissions Of Harmful Pollutants And Ozone-depleting Substances UNDP's Equator Initiative Office Biennially Offers The Equator Prize To Recognize Outstanding Indigenous Community Efforts To Reduce Poverty Through The Conservation And Sustainable Use Of Biodiversity And Thus Making Local Contributions To Achieving The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) In 2012 The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Was Established BIOFIN Brings 30 Countries Together To Develop And Implement Evidence-based Finance Plans To Safeguards Biodiversity BIOFIN Has Developed An Innovative And Adaptable Methodology To Guide Countries To Analyse The Policy And Institutional Context For Biodiversity Finance; Measure The Current Biodiversity Expenditures; Assess Future Financial Needs; And Identify The Most Suitable Finance Solutions To Achieve National Biodiversity Targets HIV/AIDS