The Bahamas, known for its vital marine ecosystems, including one-third of the Caribbean’s coral reefs, launched a Debt Conversion Project for Marine Conservation in November 2024. The project enables the government to reduce…
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…
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.
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…
In November 2021, the Government of Belize (Belize) and TNC announced an innovative USD 364 million debt conversion that enabled the country to reduce its debt burden and generate an estimated USD 180…
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…
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…
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…
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…