Africa’s conservation drive bags $5b to protect 30pc of land, sea
A member of the Marereni Biodiversity Conservancy Community Based Organisation (Mabico) collects garbage along the shoreline in Marereni Beach in Kilifi, Kenya. FILE PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG
Africa will get $5 billion over the next 10 years to support the management and monitoring of protected and conserved areas of land, inland water and sea. The money, which will also support work with indigenous people, local communities, civil society and governments, will come from some nine organisations, through the Protecting Our Planet Challenge.
The nine made the announcement at an event convened by the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC) on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, last month.
