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Marine

Funding announced at COP29 for 20 projects to support marine protection and fight poverty

Ilona Drewry, 21 November 2024 - Climate change, Community, Marine, Nature, Wildlife

Today, we have announced the 20 projects that have been successful in the first round of funding of our Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature Grant Programme (also referred to as OCEAN). Read this post to find out more.

Commonwealth leaders champion global ocean action in Samoa

Tom Pye, 1 November 2024 - Community, Marine, Nature

Tom tells us how ocean health was put front and centre at a recent meeting of Commonwealth leaders.

Taking action for our ocean: reflections from the UN Ocean Decade Conference

Gideon Henderson and Frances Bird, 18 April 2024 - Marine

In this post, Defra Chief Scientific Adviser Gideon Henderson and Senior Policy Advisor Frances Bird share their highlights and reflections from the UN Ocean Decade conference.

New actions to support seabirds, wildlife and Net Zero

Mike Dowell, 31 January 2024 - Biodiversity net gain, Climate change, Marine, Nature, Peat, Protected Landscapes

Today, one year exactly since the publication of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), we are taking further actions to halt and reverse the decline of nature in our country. Firstly, to protect an important forage fish for a range of …

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