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We have a very strong connection
to nature Along with the large-scale policy changes, the Blue Bond will also make more money available on the ground to support community ventures that promote Belize’s marine economy. The Conservancy helped the group set up a seaweed farming course and used satellit
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The Blue Bond is a sustainable debt solution created by the Belize government and the Nature Conservancy to protect the country's marine resources. It will make more money available to support community ventures that promote Belize's marine economy, such as seaweed farming. This bond is inspiring other governments to work with the Conservancy on similar solutions, and several deals are in the pipeline elsewhere in the Caribbean, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific. The Blue Bond shows that it is possible to balance economic development and conservation in a way that benefits everyone.
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- We have a very strong connection to nature
- Along with the large-scale policy changes, the Blue Bond will also make more money available on the ground to support community ventures that promote Belize’s marine economy.
- The Conservancy helped the group set up a seaweed farming course and used satellite imagery to determine the best places for the farms, which also provide habitat for ecologically important and commercially valuable species like snapper, spiny lobsters and conch.
- With Belize acutely vulnerable to rising sea levels, the clock is already ticking.
- And Belize is doing more than advancing conservation nationwide. Its Blue Bond is inspiring other governments to work with the Conservancy on similar sustainable debt solutions. As conservation groups and governments consider strategies to protect 30% of the world’s lands and waters by 2030, many coastal and island nations have expressed interest i...
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