Balasaheb G Kulkarni DOSI Dona Bertarelli Kristina Gjerde Kristian Teleki IUCN Red List IUCN_GovRights IUCN-WCEL (World Commission on Environmental Law) Felipe Paredes IUCN Protected Areas IUCN CEC IUCN Species Survival Commission IUCN Oceania Pradeep Singh Rashid Sumaila Based on the science, @IUCN members (which include over 50% of the world's national governments) voted for a moratorium on #DeepSeaMining : iucn.org/resources/issu…

See DSCC pages for more.

Take a look to see all the wonderful interdisciplinary research published in npj Ocean Sustainability early this year! 👇🏽🌊📖

Rashid Sumaila npj Journals Springer Nature

Hope for the ocean if we work together to implement the #Bbnj Agreement. 👇👇👇

An important read if you are concerned about the health of our ocean. A few companies and governments are seeking to rush regulations for a new deep sea mining industry. Not often that Nature editorial team takes such a strong stand!

🌊 Global Fishing Watch #MarineManager , developed in partnership with Dona Bertarelli, provides dynamic and interactive data on ocean conditions and human-use activity in near real-time!

🪸 Learn about our portal in action across sites globally: bit.ly/3HOpwDT

Great news to wake up to- or to go to sleep with. Thank you #Seychelles for taking us one step closer to the #bbnj agreement’s coming into force!

🚨 1/2: A new study out today in Science Advances maps the overlap between fishing vessel activity and the distribution of top marine predators in the northeast Pacific Ocean, illuminating the hidden risk of unseen fishing vessel activity due to gaps in #AIS data.

Nigeria’s H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola 🇳🇬confirms Nigeria and African states commitments to ratify #BBNJ 🌊 and put in place highly and fully protected marine areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

#Job #opportunity to join High Seas Alliance as Regional coordinator for Africa to advance ratification and early operationalization of the #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty

Candidates should be from, and based in, the region. Please share widely.

highseasalliance.org/2023/02/28/joi…

Happy BBNJ Anniversary to all!
And thanks to Diane Lebouthillier of #Canada for signing the BBNJ Agreement on this special day! 💙🩵🍾🥂.

🚨🌊🚨New #HighSeas news: Congratulations to Chile for ratifying the #BBNJ agreement! This is the first ratification from a Latin American country (first from either American continent, actually) and the second country in the world to ratify. Thank you for your leadership 🇨🇱!!

¡Chile avanza en su compromiso con el cuidado del océano! 🇨🇱 🌊

Nuestro país depositó ante Naciones Unidas el instrumento que ratifica el Acuerdo del #BBNJ , y reitera su voluntad para convertir a Valparaíso en sede de la Secretaría del tratado.

Curious about the real twilight zone ? This wonderful piece by Dr Helen Scales explains.

#CMSCOP14 lists dozens of species, including Baltic porpoise🐬 & sand tiger shark🦈.

Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Parties also agreed new plans for the European eel, and cautioned against #DeepSeaMining 🪸⛏️

oceancare.org/en/stories_and…

The #BBNJ Agreement and Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) both have mandates for the conservation of biodiversity in #ABNJ .

By signing and ratifying the #HighSeasTreaty , #CMSCOP14 can add an important new asset to their toolkit in fulfilling their obligations.

Read more: highseasalliance.org/resources/brie…

Today the Maldives Cabinet has given the approval for Maldives to sign the historical #HighSeasTreaty , a critical step towards biodiversity conservation in areas beyond national jurisdiction. This would bring transformational benefits in ocean management and conservation for…

In today's webinar, Marina Carreiro-Silva presented the results of experiments done in the Azores on the potential effects of deep-sea mining on cold-water corals. Adults and larvae of these species are very sensitive to small concentrations of mining particles on the water column.

📢 JOIN US! We're excited to announce our research webinar on Jan 31, covering our new study published in nature!

👥 Hear from our panel of experts who harnessed #AI and #SatelliteImagery to map human activity at sea on an unprecedented scale.

Register: bit.ly/3vLrTnX

It has begun!

Ratification of the #HighSeasTreaty moves it from agreement to action, critical to fight #BiodiversityCrisis and #ClimateChange , two sides of the same coin.
#NewsRelease here👉 wp.me/pf6kur-V6

Also, follow the Ratification Tracker with High Seas Alliance