09 Dec 2025
Photo by Rod Long The UK government and all 14 Overseas Territories have united behind a joint biodiversity strategy for the first time, setting out an ambitious framework to halt and reverse biodiversity loss across territories spanning from the Antarctic to the Caribbean. The territories are home to 94% of the UK’s unique species and host […]
12 Mar 2024
The UK government has partnered with conservation charity ZSL to launch an app update that enables wildlife enthusiasts to track and log marine creatures in waters around British Overseas Territories (OTs). The announcement was made by the Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Lord Benyon, at the Blue Belt Symposium in […]
30 Jul 2019
The Blue Belt Programme supports the delivery of the UK government’s commitment to enhance marine protection for over four million square kilometres of marine environment across the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs). The programme is providing up to £20 million between 2016 and 2020 to: Improve scientific understanding of the marine environment Develop and implement evidence-based, […]