{"id":1961,"date":"2025-06-30T11:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T11:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/?p=1961"},"modified":"2026-09-01T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T17:06:09","slug":"gef-grant-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/gef-grant-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"GEF Grant Awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reef_Clean-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reef_Clean-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reef_Clean-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reef_Clean-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reef_Clean-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reef_Clean-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reef_Clean-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2>GEF GRANT AWARDED<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><h2>Grant awarded from Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme<\/h2>\n<p><br>ABOT is thrilled to share some exciting news \u2014 we\u2019ve been awarded a&nbsp;US$50,000 grant from the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)! This incredible support,&nbsp;under the PROCARIBE+ Project, will help us expand our fight against reef pollution around Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our reefs face constant threats from discarded fishing gear \u2014 nets, lines, hooks, and weights \u2014 as well as other debris that harms corals, sponges, and even entangles sea turtles. Thanks to this grant, our 60 dedicated volunteer divers will be able to complete&nbsp;<strong>over 40 additional cleanup dives<\/strong>&nbsp;this year, working closely with local dive operators to keep our reefs healthy and thriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This achievement builds on the amazing work already done: more than&nbsp;<strong>145 hours of cleanup dives in the National Park<\/strong>, removing&nbsp;<strong>6,500 lbs of rubbish<\/strong>, including nearly&nbsp;<strong>4,000 fishing lines<\/strong>&nbsp;caught on the reef. With this new support, we\u2019re ready to take our efforts to the next level and ensure Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s reefs can flourish for generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been awarded a\u00a0US$50,000 grant from the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3566,"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961\/revisions\/3566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abocean.org\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}