Posted on March 11, 2021 - 12:21pm, by MPA News staff
Dozens of nations have already committed to protecting 30% of their waters by 2030. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is expected to adopt that same target later this year. With current MPA coverage at 7.65% of the world ocean, a global 30x30 goal would require quadrupling MPA coverage in the next 10 years.
Where will the funding come from for all these new MPAs? MPA finance is already in need of improvement, with many of today’s MPAs suffering from inadequate budget support and income. Improving the financial picture may not be easy. The jargon and tools of the financial sector amount to a foreign language to many MPA managers.
Conservation actions see Iberian lynx claw back from brink of extinction
by Johan Augustin on 12 March 2021
By 2002, the Iberian lynx was extinct in its native Portugal and down to fewer than 100 animals in Spain, well on track to becoming the first cat species to go extinct since the saber-toothed tiger 12,000 years ago.
But a battery of conservation measures targeting the wide range of threats to the species has seen it bounce back from the brink, with a wild population today of around 1,000.
Reintroduction of captive-bred lynx has been complemented by rewilding of historical lynx ranges, along with boosting of prey species and the creation of wildlife corridors and highway tunnels to reduce deaths from road collisions.
Mongabay-India editor recognized among 16 Women Restoring the Earth mongabay.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mongabay.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published March 7, 2021, 10:43 AM
Two young Filipino women are breaking barriers for being recognized by the prestigious National Geographic Society for their respective initiatives in addressing some of the world’s most complex and pressing issues to date.
Youth advocate Josefa Tauli and farmer-entrepreneur Louise Mabulo were among the 24 young change makers around the globe who made it to the 2020 Young Explorer Program of the National Geographic Society.
Belonging to the Kankanaey-Ibaloi Igorot ethnic group in the Cordillera region, Tauli is a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, a platform for youth participation in the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
China s success in ecological renewal is boon to global green agenda: UN official--China Economic Net en.ce.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from en.ce.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.