Africa: Financing Africa's Biodiversity Conservation With Dwindling Donor Support: [IPS] Nairobi -- Relying on donor funding is not the right way to finance biodiversity conservation. Biodiversity is not a charitable cause. It is actually part of the sovereign natural assets, and so we need to look at ways in which countries can link their economies to biodiversity…
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Assistant/Associate Professor for the David Brand Professorship in Sustainable Forestry and Conservation Finance (Deadline: October 31, 2024) | UBC Forestry
UBC Forestry is seeking an Associate/Assistant Professor for the David Brand Professorship in Sustainable Forestry and Conservation Finance.
The eighth annual Our Ocean Conference took place in Panama March 2-3.
Participants made 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including funding for expanding and improving marine protected areas and biodiversity corridors.
One key announcement came from Panama, which said it would protect more than 54% of its marine region.
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Panama ocean conference draws $20 billion, marine biodiversity commitments
International delegates attending the eighth annual Our Ocean Conference in Panama March 2-3 have pledged billions to protect the world’s oceans. Participants made 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including funding for expanding and improving marine protected areas and biodiversity corridors. Previous Our Ocean conferences have generated more than 1,800 commitments worth approximately $108 billion. […]
The work of Coastal Guardians is vast and impactful.
Over the past 15 years, First Nations have met the demands for stewardship by establishing 1️⃣8️⃣ Guardian Watchmen programs, which operate across more than 7️⃣ million hectares of land and water.
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First Nations Have Created Over 1,250 Jobs, 120 Businesses Since 2008
A report released today identifies job creation, economic diversification, and other outcomes from 15 years of First Nations’ investments in stewardship and economic development in the Great Bear Rainforest and Haida Gwaii. Sustaining People and Place, published by Coast Funds, describes how conservation financing has benefitted communities and supported the protection of rainforest ecosystems that
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