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Cayman blue-throated anole (Photo by Thijs van den Burg) (CNS): The Cayman Islands Department of Environment (DoE) will be leading a biodiversity strategy workshop this week in partnership with the UK's Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) "to develop a unifying vision and strategic priorities for biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories, including the Cayman Islands"…

Deadline: 26-Jun-23 Applications are now open for the Round 2 of the Darwin Plus Local Funding Scheme to protect the unique biodiversity and improve

Ghost orchid in the Ironwood Forest (CNS): The critically endangered endemic ghost orchid has been given a fighting chance against extinction after local conservationist Christine Rose-Smyth, the former chair of the National Conservation Council, secured funding from the UK. A Darwin Plus Local grant will be used to develop an ex situ propagation programme for…

Efforts to boost biodiversity recovery in the UK Overseas Territories have been bolstered by the British government with large-scale projects funded for the first time to tackle nature loss.

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is proud to promote and encourage science that contributes to developing and upholding best-practice environmental management and that supports the active management and good governance of the Territory.