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Upcoming webinar on the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
The New Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: How the global community negotiated an ambitious plan to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030
Story | 24 Th2, 2023
Volunteers and turtle conservation in Viet Nam: what’s been achieved
On 10 December 2022, IUCN organised an award ceremony for marine turtle conservation volunteers working for its country office in Viet Nam. The aim was to recognize their efforts over the last eight years, to exchange knowledge, and to mobilise additional resources for sea turtle conservation in…
Story | 01 Th2, 2023
SADC TFCA Financing Facility - stories from the front lines
The year 2022 brought hope for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time since the establishment of the Facility in 2020, travel opened up across borders, increasing momentum for the implementation of projects in Transfrontier Conservation Areas, including the TFCA Financing…
Grey literature | 2022
This compilation brief is composed of three studies on the economic impacts of plastic pollution on tourism and fisheries in Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Saint Lucia, estimating direct costs for the economy of each island. Governments of these islands have started to recognise the impacts…
Grey literature | 2022
The economic impact of plastic pollution on Saint Lucia
This economic brief shows the estimated impact of marine plastic pollution on fisheries and tourism in St Lucia. Marine plastic pollution can generate significant economic costs in the form of gross domestic product (GDP) reductions, estimated at up to US$7 billion (globally) for 2018 alone (WWF…
Grey literature | 2022
The economic impact of plastic pollution in Grenada
This economic brief shows the estimated impact of marine plastic pollution on fisheries and tourism in Grenada. Marine plastic pollution can generate significant economic costs in the form of gross domestic product (GDP) reductions, estimated at up to US$7 billion (globally) for 2018 alone (WWF…
Grey literature | 2022
The economic impact of plastic pollution in Antigua and Barbuda
This economic brief shows the estimated impact of marine plastic pollution on fisheries and tourism in Antigua and Barbuda. Marine plastic pollution can generate significant economic costs in the form of gross domestic product (GDP) reductions, estimated at up to US$7 billion (globally) for 2018…
Artículo | 23 Th11, 2022
Se aprueban 36 nuevas Áreas Importantes para los Mamíferos Marinos (IMMA)
23 de noviembre de 2022. Se han identificado y puesto en el mapa 36 nuevas Áreas Importantes para los Mamíferos Marinos (IMMA por sus siglas en inglés) en el Océano Pacífico tropical y templado sudoriental, desde el norte de México hasta el extremo sur de Chile. Este es el resultado final de un…
Story | 02 Th12, 2022
From 29 November to 3 December, the beneficiary associations of the "TransCap" programme are meeting in Morocco to foster cooperation on climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. TransCap, funded by the General Directorate for Cooperation of the Balearic Islands and coordinated…
Article | 02 Th12, 2022
Du mardi 29 novembre au samedi 03 décembre 2022, les associations bénéficiaires du programme « TransCap » se réunissent pour renforcer leur coopération sur la mitigation du changement climatique et la conservation de la biodiversité. Le programme TransCap, qui vise l’amélioration des conditions…