PACT raises awareness beyond borders

Receiving funds from tourism or promoting social conscience through expeditions, The Belizean Protected Areas Conservation Trust (PACT) is creating mechanisms to bring additional resources for conservation based on the power that traveling and getting to know different places have over people.

Protecting the Mesoamerican Reef: María José González gives her perspective 

We interviewed María José González, executive director of The Mesoamerican Reef Fund - MAR Fund, a financial mechanism created by four Environmental funds to address the region's needs. María José explains the importance of the reef system and the complexity of management. 

Funds meet in La Paz to discuss the BCID system

Oyster reefs: only 15% left

The first global assessment of the distribution and condition of bivalve shellfish reefs estimates that 85% of oyster reefs have been lost over the past 150 years. The results were found by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), that released this week the report Shellfish Reefs at Risk: a Global Analysis of Problems and Solutions.

World Ocean Conference highlights climate change impacts on marine biodiversity

Ministers and officials from more than 76 countries met in the Indonesian port city of Manado last week for the World Ocean Conference (WOC), where they discussed the impact of climate change on the world's oceans, and agreed to push ocean issues as an agenda at the United Nations climate talks. 

Andes Ecosystems map is published

The map of the Ecosystems of the Northern and the Center Andes provides information on the distribution of ecosystems biodiversity in a useful format for planning, assessment and environmental monitoring at the regional level.

Coral reefs threatened around the world

About one-fifth of the world's coral reefs have already been lost or severely damaged, while another 35 percent could be lost within the next decades, according to the latest report of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN).