RT null T1 ACP MEAS 3 Monthly Information Digest - Volume 3 Issue 2 February 2023 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, YR 2023 FD 2023-02 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42276 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42276 NO This Month's Highlight• Historic UN agreement on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters.• Women, Climate and Nature: Regenerative Seascapes project in coastal region of the West Indian Ocean to mitigate the impact of climate change• Nature-based solutions in cities to become more resilient to climate change• Roundtables event hosted by UK government on increasing private finance for the implementation of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework• One Forest Summit in Gabon for the preservation and sustainable management of rainforests• GEF report on biodiversity-positive carbon credits and nature certificates• IISD Policy Brief for a strong framework for sound chemicals management• Gabon, Jamaica, and Sri Lanka launch a USD 14 million joint UNEP-GEF project to eliminate mercury from skin lightening products• Organization of Cook Islands Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures workshop• Launch of mobile tool Kobo Toolbox for field collection of environment data in Samoa• Abidjan Convention’s activities to operationalize Marine Protected Areas in Benin• Cartagena Convention’s activities for MARPOL implementation in the Dominican Republic• Approval of St. Lucia’s Marine Litter Management Action Plan (ML-MAP), developed with support from ACP MEAs 3 and UNEP NO https://www.acpmeas.com/ DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 19, 2026