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World Wildlife Day: A helping hand to turtles and mangroves | |
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2019-03-03 | |
发布年 | 2019 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | Press release World Wildlife Day: A helping hand to turtles and mangrovesUN World Wildlife Day celebrates the best of conservation action around the globe including two UK Government supported projects ![]() A turtle on a beach in Nicaragua (Credit: Alam Ramírez/FFI) Government-funded projects to protect the world’s turtles and mangroves have been praised by the Environment Minister on World Wildlife Day. Today (Sunday 3 March) marks United Nations World Wildlife Day. The theme for this year is ‘Life below water: for people and planet’. One of the key animals whose plight is being highlighted is the turtle, targeted for their eggs, meat and shells. Turtles have also suffered from habitat loss due to construction on coastlines. The UK Government’s Darwin Initiative has supported the work of Fauna & Flora International to help these important sea creatures. One such project to protect leatherback and hawksbill turtles in Nicaragua has achieved a significant reduction in the illegal harvesting of their eggs. Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey said:
Fauna & Flora International has been working to protect marine turtles in Nicaragua for 15 years and a key part of that work has been ensuring local communities are central to conservation initiatives. The most recent project received £385,617 from the UK Government’s Darwin Initiative in 2017 and has been achieving significant success for young turtle hatchlings. Joanna Elliott, Senior Director, Conservation Partnerships, Fauna & Flora International said:
A video of the project helping turtles in Nicaragua is available to view here. 2019 marks the Government’s Year of Green Action, a year-long drive to help people to connect with, protect and enhance nature. The Darwin Initiative is a grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment around the globe. These projects reflect the UK Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan commitments to protect the marine environment, to secure the benefits of biodiversity for the poorest communities and to help prevent the extinction of species. Blue ForestsIn 2016, the UK Government funded the establishment of the ‘Blue Forests’ initiative run by British organisation Blue Ventures. The aim of the project is to reduce deforestation of mangroves habitat, create new sustainable livelihoods, support community health and women’s empowerment and increase climate resilience in coastal communities. This initiative has been funded through the UK’s International Climate Finance programme and plays a crucial role in addressing the global challenge of Climate Change. So far, Blue Ventures has worked with over 6,000 coastal people, empowering local management of 160,000 hectares (ha) of mangrove forests at six different sites across three countries, and partner villages have replanted 652,000 mangrove trees. Dr Alasdair Harris, Executive Director, Blue Ventures Conservation, said:
Published 3 March 2019
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/105640 |
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