Seychelles project combines ocean planning, climate change adaptation, and debt restructure
In Seychelles, a unique project is underway. It links a restructuring of some of the island nation’s international debt with a financial mechanism to support adaptation to climate change, namely through improved marine and coastal ecosystem management. That...
UK intends to designate large no-take MPA around part of Ascension Island; UK’s Pitcairn Islands MPA on track for 2016 designation
The UK Government has announced its intent to designate a large no-take MPA around part of Ascension Island, a remote and lightly populated UK territory in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, just south of the Equator. Although formal declaration of the MPA’s boundaries may...
South Africa’s oldest MPA may be reopened to fishing
South Africa's oldest MPA is in limbo now as it awaits a government decision on whether to reopen it to fishing, as requested by local anglers.