CONGRATULATION!!! To the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Conservation Fund Inc on a successful launch.
On February 12th, 2019, history was made once more in the field of conservation in SVG. A ceremony was held at the Paradise Beach Hotel, located in the heart of the South Coast Marine Conservation Area, to officially launch the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Conservation Fund Inc. (SVGCF) to the public of SVG. The SVGCF was created with funding from the German Government (through KFW and BMZ), the Nature Conservancy (TNC), and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) (through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank).
The objects of the SVGCF are to promote for the benefit of the public, the conservation, protection, management and expansion of the National Protected Areas System of SVG by providing a sustainable flow of funds to support enforcement, infrastructure, monitoring needs and other activities that contribute substantially to the conservation, protection and maintenance of biodiversity within the National Protected Areas System or any other area of environmental significance of within Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
