'A significant step forward': Blue Planet Fund backs wave of new marine projects on path to 30x30 goal

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'A significant step forward': Blue Planet Fund backs wave of new marine projects on path to 30x30 goal

Further £250m pledged to help safeguard the coastal economies of developing nations, protect biodiversity, and tackle plastic pollution

A raft of new projects to protect the marine environment have been granted funding as part of the government's £500m Blue Planet Fund. The announcement, which was made at the UN Ocean Conference today,...

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