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In this self-paced course, you will learn about the enabling conditions for Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) and how to identify, report, monitor, and strengthen OECMs in alignment with the CBD’s framework and international guidance.

The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation makes grants in thematic areas that include marine and ocean conservation. The Foundation is interested in marine protected areas; sustainable fisheries; conserving sharks and rays; conservation of coral reefs; and limiting plastics pollution.

GBIF invites all current GBIF participants to submit concept notes for project funding through the Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP), which enables collaboration between GBIF participants to address identified needs at regional and global levels.

The Mangrove Breakthrough is a global movement aimed at reshaping the way mangroves are valued, financed, and protected.

🌏 Applications are now open for the 2026 Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network (IPCN)!

The Cross-Cutting Themes Manager ensures these principles are embedded across the program, strengthening regional organisational capacity to meet humanitarian needs.

Exploring ways to address the impacts of climate change in Tonga, the Island Kingdom has focussed its lens on Nature-based Solutions (NbS). To enhance its ability to do so, stakeholders came together to review and validate its national policies on forestry and coastal resilience sectors.

The Lelu Ruins community members and participants from the Kosrae Island Resource Management Authority (KIRMA) in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), are now better equipped on the safe use of herbicides, correct application techniques, proper equipment handling and best-practice weed manag

In an extraordinary show of international solidarity, member nations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) have voted to uplist all ten species of manta and devil rays to Appendix I – the Convention’s strongest possible safeguard.

The first of over 70 species of sharks and rays proposed for greater protections, the critically endangered Oceanic whitetip shark, was granted the strongest level of protection today at a UN wildlife summit.