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Locally Managed Marine Areas Coastal communities in eastern Africa are increasingly using sustainable approaches to manage marine resources to both improve the ecological status of their local environments and secure livelihoods. CORDIO East Africa has taken a participatory approach in this movement working closely with coastal communities, government and NGOs, to provide technical support in the establishment and development of Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMA) in eastern Africa and the Gulf of Aden In a recent study on LMMAs in Kenya, Kawaka-et-al-2016 we found that LMMAs go through five ...

A flyer for the Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation’s (BREEF) 2021 Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) competition. NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation’s (BREEF) Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) programme invites students ages 11 to 25 to give nature a voice and submit an article or a photo with a short paragraph about an environmental issue they are passionate about. The winner will be announced at BREEF’s Virtual Youth Environmental Leadership Summit scheduled for March 30 31, 2021, to be held under the theme “Ca...

TACOMA, Washington — Costa Rica has one of the lowest poverty rates in Latin America. This came about primarily as a result of a proactive cooperation with rich nations who were willing to buy Costa Rican exports. Through wise policy decisions and social investment, the Central American country was also able to stave off the many detrimental effects of foreign loans. One of the exports that brought Costa Rica to upper-middle-income status was the sale of honey products. However, deforestation and deadly pesticides have slashed bee populations. The coronavirus pandemic has also steeply impac...

Saint Lucia to Host First Ever National Honey Show February 10, 2021 Share this post: The second phase of The GEF SGP UNDP Knowledge Fair 2020/2021 organised by the GEF Small Grants Programme UNDP and coordinated by the Caribbean Youth Environment Network- Saint Lucia (CYEN) is being held from February 15th to 17th, 2021. In addition to the UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia Country Conference 2021, another major event being held under The GEF SGP UNDP Knowledge Fair is the island’s first National Honey Show Training Workshop to take place on February 15th and 16th. The workshop is a precursor to ...

UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia to Host Virtual Country Conference February 9, 2021 Share this post: The UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia, in collaboration with the GEF Small Grants Programme UNDP, will host its 4th Country Conference from the 15th to 17th February 2021. The theme of this year’s Conference is “Visioning Sustainable Futures – Confronting the Threats of Climate Change and Climate Variability”, and it is expected to provide an avenue to share existing research and disseminate information on Saint Lucia. The conference will take place using a virtual Zoom platform, anchored at ...