China steps up for marine science in Nice https://www.byteseu.com/1200095/ #FISHERIES #MarineProtection #Negotiations #Science
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Finland enforces world-first ban on ship wastewater dumping https://www.byteseu.com/1156705/ #CargoShips #EnvironmentalLaw #eutrophication #Finland #MarineProtection #MaritimePollution #ToiletWastewater #WastewaterBan
Africa: Pacific States, Territories Gift the World Its 'Largest Conservation Project': [IPS] Nice, France -- While the island states in the Pacific may be modest, the ocean that surrounds them represents a huge oceanic state--an area equivalent to the entire European Continent. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLHnKF #Conservation #MarineProtection #PacificIslands #Biodiversity #OceanConservation
https://www.europesays.com/2144756/ World leaders head to France for UN summit on ocean threats #ClimateChange #DeepSeaMining #france #HighLevelSummit #MarineProtection #OceanConservation
EUROPE SAYS · World leaders head to France for UN summit on ocean threats - EUROPE SAYSWorld leaders descend on the French Riviera on Sunday ahead of a high-level summit to tackle a deepening crisis in the oceans driven by overfishing, climate
https://www.europesays.com/1943963/ Environmentalists Seek to Suspend 31 Oil, Gas Licenses in UK’s North Sea #EnergyTransition #EnvironmentalLawsuit #GasPrice #JackdawProject #LiquefiedNaturalGas #lng #LNGPrice #MarineProtection #NaturalGas #NorthSea #oceana #OilAndGasLicenses #OilSpills #RosebankProject #UkGovernment
"Government of #SouthGeorgia & the #SouthSandwichIslands announces plans to introduce significant enhancements to #MarineProtection in the #SouthernOcean.
The announcement of an additional 166,000km2 of ‘No Take Zones’, covering an area 8 times the size of Wales, will result in 449,000km2 of highly biodiverse marine #habitat being closed to all #fishing activity."
Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich IslandsPlans To Introduce Significant Enhancements To Marine Protection In The Southern OceanGovernment of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands announces plans to introduce significant enhancements to marine protection in the Southern Ocean. The announcement of an additional 166,000km2 of ‘No Take Zones’, covering an area 8 times the size of Wales, will result in 449,000km2 of highly biodiverse marine habitat being closed to all fishing activity.
New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific, recently announced that it would highly protect 10% of its economic exclusive zone (EEZ).
These new highly protected areas will be off-limits to industrial activities such as fishing, drilling and mining.
by Elizabeth Claire Alberts
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/new-caledonia-expands-strictly-protected-coverage-of-its-swath-of-the-pacific/
Mongabay Environmental News · New Caledonia expands strictly protected coverage of its swath of the PacificThe government of New Caledonia recently announced that it would highly protect 10% of its ocean to safeguard ecologically important marine areas for sea turtles, sharks, dolphins, whales and seabirds. A decade ago, New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France, located in the western Pacific Ocean, already established its entire 1.3-million-square-kilometer (502,000-square-mile) exclusive economic zone […]
The eighth annual Our Ocean Conference took place in Panama March 2-3.
Participants made 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including funding for expanding and improving marine protected areas and biodiversity corridors.
One key announcement came from Panama, which said it would protect more than 54% of its marine region.
Read the story from @ECAlberts
Mongabay Environmental NewsPanama ocean conference draws $20 billion, marine biodiversity commitmentsInternational delegates attending the eighth annual Our Ocean Conference in Panama March 2-3 have pledged billions to protect the world’s oceans. Participants made 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including funding for expanding and improving marine protected areas and biodiversity corridors. Previous Our Ocean conferences have generated more than 1,800 commitments worth approximately $108 billion. […]
In Chile’s Valparaíso region, artisanal fishers have created grassroots marine reserves to protect marine biodiversity.
The areas are small, some of them just 15 hectares (37 acres) in size, but they provide a haven for marine creatures to grow and reproduce.
By Michelle Carrere.
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Mongabay Environmental NewsFishing communities create marine refuges to protect Chile’s biodiversityProtecting the oceans is crucial to societies’ survival because, as the United Nations has recognized, they “drive the global systems that make the Earth a habitable place for humans.” The world’s oceans regulate the climate, provide rainfall, produce oxygen, and are the main source of protein for more than a third of the global population: […]
Scientists say future deep-sea mining activities could impact cetaceans through noise pollution, which could interfere with their communication processes.
Most assessments of deep-sea mining impact have focused on species associated with the seabed rather than transitory megafauna that inhabit the proposed mining areas, scientists say.
Read the story from Elizabeth Claire Alberts
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Mongabay Environmental NewsPotential impact on whales overlooked as deep-sea mining looks set to start, experts sayThe potentially imminent start of deep-sea mining in international waters could impact whales, dolphins and porpoises, particularly in terms of noise pollution, according to experts who say there needs to be urgent research into the issue. In a new perspective piece published in Frontiers in Marine Science, scientists from the University of Exeter, Greenpeace Research […]
Paying fishers in Indonesia to not catch sharks and rays could be a cost-effective way of conserving these species, a new study suggests.
Interviews with fishers at two sites shows that payments of $71,408-$235,927 per year could protect up to 18,500 hammerheads and 2,140 wedgefish at those sites.
Read the story from Cassie Freund.
Mongabay Environmental NewsStudy: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservationMore than a third of all elasmobranch (shark and ray) species are at risk of extinction due to overfishing. Indonesia is both a hotspot of elasmobranch biodiversity and one of the leading shark and ray exporters in the world, putting already critically endangered species such as hammerhead sharks and wedgefish under great pressure. Reducing that […]
It's pretty encouraging to see more marine protected areas established in Indonesia on top of the ones established last year. Here's the Monday News Breakdown from @mongabay
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Developers at Flinders University and the German biotech company one • five have created a seaweed-based coating designed to replace plastics used in fast food packaging.
Many food containers and wrappers contain harmful plastics derived from fossil fuels that do not biodegrade and break into tiny microplastics that pollute the environment and harm marine ecosystems.
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Mongabay Environmental NewsInnovators develop seaweed-based alternatives to plastic food wrappersSeaweed, a common name for thousands of marine plants and algae found in different water bodies, not only provides food and shelter for marine animals, but it can also help solve the plastic pollution problem. Materials researchers from Flinders University in Australia and German biomaterials developer one • fıve have developed a new nonpolluting seaweed-based […]