In December 2022, the UK Government along with a number of other countries agreed to conserve 30% of the earth’s land and sea through protected areas and other area-based conservation measures at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), COP15. A review of the protected area network on Ascension (a UK Overseas Territory) was undertaken by the Ascension Island Government in 2023 and several new areas of environmental importance were identified.
This special stamp issue released by the Ascension Island Post Office commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965). One of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and the rest of the English-speaking world.
Ascension is a speck on the world map. Seemingly lost in the Atlantic Ocean, the island is tiny and unique. Much of Ascension’s biodiversity fits the same description. Some of the smallest animal forms, found nowhere else on the planet, rule this isolated island.
Ascension's Marine Protected Area (MPA) is one of the largest in the world, protecting 445 000 km2 of ocean. The waters around Ascension are near pristine, supporting healthy populations of seabirds, tuna, marlin, and sharks as well as thirteen species of fish found nowhere else in the world. It is a thriving oceanic community in the heart of the Atlantic.
