My latest article, for the Irish Independent : Ocean conservation figures suggest a big success story, but the truth tells a sorry tale independent.ie/opinion/commen… #oceans #rewilding #highseas2024

NIGERIA SIGNS THE TREATY ON CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF MARINE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF AREAS BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTIONS (BBNJ)

On Friday, 3rd May, 2024 the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…

It’s here!! An actual physical copy of THE HIGH SEAS! Arrived by post this morning. Thank you ⁦⁦so much ⁦Profile Books⁩ ⁦Izzy⁩ ⁦PEW Literary⁩!! #HIGHSEAS2024

At the #OurOcean2024 The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation #FPA2 together with other private and public donors including myself have pledged 60.8 million USD towards marine conservation efforts over the next five years in the Mediterranean.
#30x30 #PewBertarelliOceanLegacy

'We have to keep fighting for #transparency and against #IUUfishing , and take actions to make sure #ourOcean thrives', says Minister of Fisheries & Blue Economy of #Madagascar at Our Ocean Greece – an 'ocean of potential' that we must all preserve.

Germany is one of the silent heros supporting the production of technical and scientific support materials towards the rapid and effective implementation of the #BBNJ Treaty.

Thank you for your leadership and hope you ratify soon together with the rest of the EU!

Greece has announced that it will #BanBottomTrawling in all its #MPAs by 2030, starting with banning it in all national parks by 2026. It will also designate 30% of its waters as MPAs by 2024. It can be done - what are the remaining EU Member States waiting for? #OurOcean2024

We are at #OurOceanGreece to celebrate progress and commitments to accelerate the #RaceForRatification for the #HighSeasTreaty .

And we had great news to start: Seychelles has just announced their ratification of the High Seas Treaty! 🎊

Establishing high seas marine protected areas 'can have benefits that extend well beyond the borders of the area' says our Nichola Clark.

She joins Audrey Tan 🐋 to discuss the critical role the #HighSeas play in safeguarding marine biodiversity. pew.org/3PZpoWz

The #BBNJ Agreement establishes a dedicated process to establish Marine Protected Areas (MPA). This blog post delves into the question of how the future management of these #MPAs will work.

Outstanding panel of High Seas/BBNJ leaders at the Barcelona #OceanDecade24 conference

So much work ahead, but we are in good hands!

All-female panel
moderated by Aurélie Spadone (IUCN Ocean Team)

discusses how we support #HighSeasTreaty in #RaceForRatification and implementation.

...today United Nations #OceanDecade24 Conference, Barcelona by UNESCO Ocean

IUCN DOSI IDDRI High Seas Alliance

.EarthEcho Int'l representative Elizabeth (Liz) Sherr concluded the event by promoting the launch of the joint High Seas Youth Ambassador program we launched in March.

The Ambassador Program will support young ocean activists raising their voices in support of a strong #HighSeasTreaty .

Klaudija Cremers Marjo Vierros from The University of Edinburgh Ocean Voices Nippon Foundation 'The #BBNJ Treaty made history by including traditional knowledge in the text. Finance is vital to the success of the Treaty to provide developing countries with recourse they need to implement it'.

🗨️'The first COP for #BBNJ will have a lot of work to do including deciding on the secretariat, what we need for the SSBTA, set the budget - these are all things we can begin thinking about now.' Klaudija Cremers

Christine Gaebel The University of Edinburgh Ocean Voices UN Ocean Decade Ana Matias Sciaena 'With many elections around the world this year, we need to see the ratification of the #HighSeasTreaty held as a top government priority. We need to move from ratification to implementation swiftly'. #RaceForRatification

Christine Gaebel Marianna Caldeira from The University of Edinburgh Ocean Voices program talked about the importance of the new #HighSeasTreaty to close gaps in #OceanGovernance and enable greater protection for the ocean.
#OceanDecade24 UN Ocean Decade

'Implementing the #HighSeasTreaty is going to be a scientifically intense process. We need to also look at how we, as scientists, share our knowledge with decision-makers' Christine Gaebel
#RaceForRatification

At our #OceanDecade24 Satellite Event, we discuss how the UN Ocean Decade can support the #RaceForRatification and implementation of the #HighSeasTreaty 🧵

DOSI IDDRI IUCN Sciaena EarthEcho Int'l The University of Edinburgh Ocean Voices Nippon Foundation

A year on from the #HighSeas Treaty , where do we stand on tools to secure the protection of biodiversity in the #HighSeas ?

IDDRI analyses how the first generation of #MPAs in the High Seas can be established and preserved by human activities.
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