Towards 30×30; new grant supports major progress for Protected and Conserved Areas
New funding will support seven countries to achieve rapid, meaningful, and measurable progress towards national targets and global ambitions for protected and conserved areas. A $5 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) announced today will catalyse support to countries from the Congo basin (Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon) and the Andes region (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) to become global leaders…