Defend the conservation of coastal and marine species and their habitats and to mobilize Cabo Verde’s civil society to protect the environment.
Mission
Actions
- Monitoring, protect and improve knowlegde about species
- Support in the study, design, co-managment and monitoring of Protected Areas or OECMs
- Monitor and reduce the impact of marine polution in the marine species and habitats
- Inform, encourage, and mobilize proactive action on environmental issues, strengthen legal protection for biodiversity, and support law enforcement
History
Biosfera was founded in 2006, the result of the passion of two Cabo Verdean ecologists, father and son, committed to protecting Cabo Verde’s coastal and marine resources. The reason for the creation of Biosfera and its first major challenge was to denounce and combat the poaching of Cabo Verde shearwater chicks, an endemic species, that was being decimated by fishermen for human consumption. Thanks to these efforts, the species is now recovenring, being considered near threatened under IUCN Red List criteria,
About
BIOSFERA
Cap Vert
São Vicente