The Blue Belt Programme – Latest Annual Report & Update The Blue Belt Programme supports the UK Overseas Territories with the protection and sustainable management of their marine environments. From: Foreign,Commonwealth & Development Office, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Marine Management Organisation, and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Last updated June 2021 — See […]
Chief Islander James Glass reflects on the implementation of Tristan’s Marine Protection Zone – announced on Friday 13th November 2020 Situated in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, on the edge of the Roaring Forties, lies a group of islands unknown to most of the world’s population. Tristan da Cunha covers a small land […]
Blue Belt Programme Annual Update now published Read about the work of the Blue Belt Programme in UK Overseas Territories in the 2019-2020 annual update. Earlier this week on World Ocean Day, 8 June, we published our annual update on the achievements and progress of the Blue Belt Programme over the past year. Lord Zac Goldsmith, Foreign […]
Defra ‘The British Overseas Territories (‘OTs’) are globally significant in their ecological richness, containing over 90% of the UK’s marine and terrestrial biodiversity. Constitutional responsibility for decision making in many policy areas relevant to biodiversity and conservation lie with the OTs, which are highly dependent on the assets provided by their natural environment, terrestrial and marine […]