News & Announcements
Honduras expands coastal marine protection
April 2025
Strengthening ocean protection in West Africa
February 2025
Unlocking new markets for ocean farmers
February 2025
New law protects over half of Argentina’s kelp forests
December 2024
$51.7 million pledge for high seas marine protection
October 2024
Protecting kelp forests in Argentine Patagonia
September 2024
EU Council adopts Nature Restoration Law
June 2024
Agreement between Canada and Greenland marks major step forward for protection of shared Arctic ecosystem
October 2023
The Nature Conservancy announces mainland Africa’s first debt swap for ocean conservation in Gabon
August 2023
Advancing the protection of up to one million square kilometres of marine and coastal habitat in Canada
November 2022
Extension of funding to securing an expanded UK MPA network which covers 30% of UK national waters by 2030
October 2022
Blue Bonds for Ocean Conservation project in Barbados will conserve 30% of marine and coastal environments
September 2022
Fair Seas launches new report identifying areas of interest for Marine Protection in Irish Waters
June 2022
Canada reaches over 14% marine protection as it declares 44K sq km protected off Nova Scotia
June 2022
We are now the Becht Foundation
September 2022
Legal first: CJEU must decide if ministers broke law with unsustainable fishing limits
February 2022
Replicating and scaling up regenerative ocean farms to create jobs and protect the planet
December 2021
Accelerating mangrove conservation and restoration in Colombia and supporting expansion of blue carbon credits
December 2021
Supporting Mangrove Action Project to scale up CBEMR (Community-Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration)
December 2021
Over 90,000 sq km across Western James Bay and North Ontario coast moving towards protected status
August 2021
Advancing protections for up to 780,000 sq km of important ocean habitat across the Canadian Arctic
July 2021
Providing cost-effective, high impact MPA monitoring solutions that are globally scalable
January 2021
The largest fully protected marine reserve in the Atlantic and 4th largest in the world designated around Tristan da Cunha
November 2020
Ensuring robust EU legislation against Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) by funding CHEM Trust
June 2020