Two weeks ago, I joined a webinar hosted by the World Bank for the Amazonia Viva team on the development and use of the Mining Impacts Calculator in the Amazon. There was strong interest from participants, and I was particularly struck by how IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental enforcement agency, is actively using the tool to impose fines on violators engaged in illegal gold mining.

Just one day after World Oceans Day, South Africa took a significant step toward global ocean stewardship when South Africa’s Minister of the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), Dr Dion George, signed the High Seas Treaty on behalf of South Africa during the United Nations Oceans Conference in Nice, France.

Lima, 29 de mayo de 2025 – En el marco del Peru Carbon Forum 2025, Augusto Mulanovich, Director de Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) en Perú, participó como ponente en la mesa titulada “Proyectos de Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza (SbN) para Perú: Conservación de ecosistemas y mercado de carbono”. El evento reunió a actores del sector público, empresas, ONGs y sociedad civil para debatir sobre el futuro del mercado de carbono en la región.

LIMA, May 29, 2025 — At the Peru Carbon Forum 2025, Augusto Mulanovich, Director of Conservation Strategy Fund Peru, presented a comprehensive analysis on the financial and economic foundations necessary for scaling Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) in Peru. Speaking on the panel “Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) Projects for Peru: Ecosystem Conservation and the Carbon Market,” Mulanovich joined experts from government, business, civil society, and environmental organizations to explore the future of carbon markets in the region.