🗞️The latest #GFCR Newsletter is here! Highlights include: 🪸GFCR funding announcements 🪸Egyptian Red Sea Initiative launch 🇪🇬 🪸Coral action updates from 🇮🇩🇵🇭 🇭🇳 🇬🇹 🇲🇽 🇧🇿🇹🇿 🪸Celebrating 30 years of ICRI Secretariat 🪸Knowledge & opportunities ⬇️ mailchi.mp/undp/gfcr-news…

🚀 New guidance from the #GFCR: “Coral Reef Finance: Insights from the GFCR Investment Principles” This guidance outlines actionable steps for practitioners aiming to foster sustainable and impactful investment in #coralreefs. 🔗Read more: lnkd.in/gxrZs4Fj

🪸 On #Pemba Island, #GFCR partner, Blue Alliance Marine Protected Areas promotes alternative, sustainable livelihoods for local fishers, aiming to reduce illegal & unsustainable fishing while strengthening blue economy within its 27k-hectare conservation area. 🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/gcjhk8h8

🇧🇿🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽 GFCR approves funding uplift for the Mesoamerican region programme! Now on its second phase, the increased support will scale a regional portfolio of innovative market-based solutions to safeguard reefs & enhance livelihoods. 🪸 🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/gB4hHYu4

📣 The #GFCR 2023 Action Report is out! In 2023, GFCR advanced program implementation & generated global awareness #ForCoral through its blended finance strategy. The 2025-2030 phase offers a key opportunity to intensify efforts & ensure reef resilience. 🔗linkedin.com/posts/globalfu…

📣 Milestone Debt Swap #ForCoral! #GFCR & local partners supported the facilitation of a $35 Million debt-for-nature swap between the U.S. & Indonesia, unlocking innovative finance to protect coral reef ecosystems & the communities that depend on them.🪸 globalfundcoralreefs.org/news/indonesia…

Exciting opportunity for #youth to take action #ForCoral! 🌊 🗣️Encouraging youth from coral nations with experience in communications or related fields to apply for a role with #GFCR UN Volunteers in Geneva. 🪸 ⬇️ app.unv.org/opportunities/… #Ocean #SDG14 #YouthEmpowerment

📣 Have you missed any key updates from GFCR over the past few months? Here’s a quick recap of the major highlights: 2023 Action Report, a landmark $35M ‘Debt-For-Nature’ Swap, $25M+ funding uplift #ForCoral action & a new Egypt Programme Launch 🪸 🔗lnkd.in/gJatzvmf

🌎As an implementation vehicle for the #GBF, GFCR will demonstrate nature-positive finance pathways, present resilience strategies for coral reef action, and mobilise greater funding #ForCoral through engagements & events at #COP16Colombia. 🔗 Read more: globalfundcoralreefs.org/news/cop16/

🌊The #GFCR is making significant strides in advancing both #SDG1 & #SDG8 to bolster coastal community economy and prosperity! Checkout the #GFCRxSDGs series here: lnkd.in/dyAtpSaA 🪸

🌊 GFCR is driving progress on SDG 2 & SDG 12 by supporting sustainable aquaculture, fisheries, and responsible food production practices to enhance #foodsecurity & promote sustainable production. Read more on #GFCRxSDG alignment here: lnkd.in/giEHXGAs

📣📣Proud to sign a new project: the Egyptian #RedSea initiative w/Ministry of Environment - وزارة البيئة 🇪🇬, USAID Egypt & Global Fund for Coral Reefs. Together, we’ll work to conserve 🇪🇬’s #coralreefs, biodiversity + supporting communities through innovative financing & partnerships. #ForPeopleForPlanet

We’re thrilled to see real progress on the Egyptian Red Sea Initiative! 🌊The American and Egyptian people along with UNDP & Global Fund for Coral Reefs are  uniting to safeguard the Red Sea’s ecosystem for future generations and empower local communities.

🌊 #GFCR is supporting efforts to achieve #SDG3 & #SDG4, including by working to help safeguard #coralreefs as a source of medicinal resources serving & empowering communities through education & capacity building. Read more on #GFCRxSDG alignment here: lnkd.in/drxBUJVA

It's great to see our work in Tanga recognized by our partners! Hongera to the whole team for the hard work and to our donors for their support. BlueActionFund Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Fund for Coral Reefs USAIDTanzania WCS Ocean dailynews.co.tz/wcs-recognised….

#GFCR is advancing SDG 5 & 10 by empowering women & supporting inclusive development in #SIDS & #LDCs through sustainable finance models & initiatives in ecotourism, fisheries, aquaculture & coral reef insurance. 🔗Read more on #GFCRxSDG alignment here lnkd.in/gvFRWsXK