Crowdfunding conservation: A Pacific island's plan to protect its waters

United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 22, 2023

For a little under $150, you can now directly sponsor marine conservation across one square kilometer of the Pacific Ocean, through a novel scheme announced this week by the tiny island of Niue. Located halfway between Fiji and the Cook Islands, the vast waters of the "Rock of Polynesia" are home to coral reefs and undersea mountains that host diverse species, including sharks, dolphins, tur