Business View Caribbean | July 2019

12 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN JULY 2019 It is a momentous occasion to reach a conservation goal that will benefit the ocean and communities in the Caribbean for generations to come In congratulating the CCI “Early Achievers”, Troubetzkoy noted that “recognizing these nations’ successes in marine and coastal conservation is an important message to the other CCI members that getting to the 20 percent target by 2020 is not an impossible goal.” She hoped to be celebrating with the remaining CCI destinations next year. In addition to the awardees, four other Caribbean countries and territories were celebrated for taking steps to propose marine areas that will more than double their current levels of protection. These included the Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands, Grenada, and Saint Lucia. The Bahamas recently announced that it will declare an additional eight- plus million acres of marine protection, which will more than double its area of protection and meet the CCI 20-by-20 target ahead of the 2020 deadline.

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