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Post by account_disabled on Mar 2, 2024 23:28:25 GMT -5
Should not wait to begin measuring and disclosing metrics on climate progress and tracking performance. Meaningful and practical metrics are available for numerous asset classes, and banks can improve their approach over time as more useful metrics become available. The time for action is now.Reeling in investments in sustainable fisheries Meloy Fund, Catch Together and Rare are advancing the possibilities. By Kalyani Basu July , image A local fisherman in his small panga off the coast of Pinta Gorda, Belize. Courtesy of Jason Houston/Rare Close Authorship A total of percent of global fisheries BTC Number Data are being fished at biologically unsustainable levels, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. However, a study by Costello and others said the application of sound management reforms to global fisheries will increase biomass by million metric tons relative to a business-as-usual scenario. One way to enable sustainable fisheries management is to target the activities of small-scale coastal fishing businesses. Given their socioeconomic status, coastal fishing enterprises typically lack the economic independence to be able to completely disengage from unsustainable practices that are in favor of lucrative catch. They also represent percent of the total million fishing businesses globally, according to the FAO.
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