Photo credit: Presidência da República de Cabo Verde The Cabo Verde team has returned from a week of dynamic exchanges at the Ocean Decade Conference, held under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Cabo Verde. The event opened with remarks from the UN Resident Coordinator in Cabo Verde, Patrícia Portela de Souza, appointed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and heard from global partners including FiTI, CAOPA, PRCM, IUCN, GEOMAR, several universities, an

Photo credit : Terrimar - Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sustentável On 11 May 2025, as part of the PAMAR project, the Guardians of the Sea Programme was launched in Tarrafal de Monte Trigo, Santo Antão, in the presence of local fishermen and PaMAR partners Terrimar and Biosfera.     During the meeting, the results of a previous exchange held on the island of Sal were presented where fishermen from various islands learnt first-hand about the experience of the Guardians of the Sea

Photo credit: the Presidency team of Cabo Verde    The third high-level United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) took place in Nice, France, from 9–13 June 2025, under the theme “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean.” Representing PaMAR at this global event were Fauna & Flora, Associação Projeto Vitó, Associação Projeto Biodiversidade, and Biosfera who actively contributed to a series of engagements designed to foster knowle

Photo credit: Alice Costa, Fauna & Flora From May 20th to 25th, the PaMAR project held a dynamic week of in-person activities on Fogo Island. A key highlight was the Climate Resilience Workshop, which brought together 30 stakeholders from Cabo Verde’s marine conservation institutions, civil society organisations, and coastal communities across the project’s six focal islands. Facilitated by Dr. Anyse Pereira and Dr Ana Nuno, the workshop served as a platform to present findin

Photo credit: TAOLA+ TAOLA+, Cabo Verde’s national conservation network – of which all six of the PaMAR consortium’s Cabo Verdean NGO partners are members – hosted its Annual Meeting in Tarrafal, Santiago Island, between May 5 th- 7 th  this year. Underscoring the vital role and national recognition of this network in biodiversity conservation, the meetings were inaugurated by the Minister of Agriculture and Environment and concluded with an address by His Excellency, the Pre

Photo credit: Fauna & Flora We kicked off 2025 with an exciting week-long visit to Cabo Verde from representatives of Blue Action Fund – the principal donor behind PaMAR Project – and its Management Committee. The visit aimed to provide the delegation with a firsthand understanding of the operational realities on the ground, offering insight into how responsibilities are shared among PaMAR’s consortium partners. During their time on site, delegates were introduced directly to