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A new report demonstrates that, while we still need to be concerned about biodiversity, we have managed to create more protected areas for our wildlife than ever before and are on track to meet some important goals. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Protected areas are a key component of any global conservation strategy.

This free, seven-week MOOC will provide you with the tools to assess the policy, institutional, and economic context for biodiversity finance; conduct a financial needs assessment to achieve a country’s biodiversity goals; and develop a biodiversity finance plan that identifies the most suitable

As the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting takes stock of Aichi Targets, the suggestion of bringing indigenous communities’ areas under formal protection is highly contested. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

FAO is currently seeking a long term consultant in support to the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System – FIRMS  http://firms.fao.org/ with skills in marine biology and information management.

FAO is seeking applications from suitably qualified individuals for the position of Fisheries Officer, responsible for capture fisheries statistics to work in the FAO Statistics and Information Branch of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI) at Headquarters in Rome.

The role of Pacific women within the biodiversity field is apparent at the CBD COP14.  Of the 11 Pacific island Parties attending the UN conference in Sharm El Sheikh, four have delegations made up of only women, with two having women as more than half of their delegation.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has admitted 15 new natural sites to the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas – the first global standard recognizing best practice in protected areas. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The 2018 edition of the United Nations List of Protected Areas shows that the protected area estate has continued to expand since 2014, both on land and in the marine environment. In fact, the area protected in the marine environment has nearly doubled since 2014.

UNFCCC summit must heed the frustration of countries that are most vulnerable to climate change. Click on the link below to read the full article.