New Nature Bonds Project Announced for the Bahamas
A new Nature Bonds project in The Bahamas will unlock USD 124 million of new cash funding (plus an additional estimated USD 8 million of endowment investment returns) for conservation over the next…
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Barbados Blue Bonds Case Study
The Barbados Blue Bonds for Ocean Conservation project supports the nation’s commitment to ocean protection and a marine spatial plan, unlocking $50 million to support environmental and sustainable development projects over the next 15 years.
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Barbados Blue Bonds for ocean conservation
In September 2022, the Government of Barbados, TNC, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the completion of a USD 150 million debt conversion that enabled the country to reduce its debt burden…
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Blue Bonds for Oceans
Blue Bonds for Ocean Conservation presents an opportunity for island and coastal nations to reinvest in their natural resources.TNC works with a country to refinance a portion of their national debt in a…
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Mapping Ocean Wealth in St. Lucia
In May 2019, thirty-five natural resource professionals representing ten countries and 30 agencies gathered in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia to attend an ecosystem services workshop organized by The Nature Conservancy’s Mapping Ocean Wealth…
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Blue Bonds TED Audacious Project
On 16 April 2019, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced at TED in Vancouver, Canada a plan to drastically scale-up ocean conservation around the world. By delivering a project called “Blue Bonds for Ocean…
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Hi-Res coral reef mapping!
The Nature Conservancy in the Caribbean, Carnegie Institution for Science and Planet launched a groundbreaking initiative to create the first-ever high-resolution map of the shallow waters of the entire Caribbean Basin. Groundbreaking photos…
