From conserving marine biodiversity to awareness raising and seafood consumption, Associação Natureza Portugal, or ANP, runs several projects that are contributing to a healthier ocean. 

Ahead of the UN Ocean Conference, which is taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, at the end of June, UN News’ Ana Carmo spoke on the phone with ANP’s Director of Conservation and Policy, Catarina Grilo, and Nuno Barros, a specialist in Ocean and Fisheries.

She starts by asking them how co-managing small-scale fisheries can contribute to ocean health.

Governments should recruit more women into their national forces so that they can serve at UN field operations, the recipient of the 2021 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award has said. 

Major Winnet Zharare, who's from Zimbabwe, served at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) where she championed  gender parity within her own ranks, but also among local military counterparts and in host communities. 

She spoke to UN News's Ben Malor. 

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