Join us, our partners, and EU policy-makers for a crucial discussion on the key role of regional collaboration across fisheries management and conservation to achieve global goals for the ocean 🌊.

🗓️20 March 2024, 12:45-2:30pm CET
👉Register now: bit.ly/42XmaYY

Check out the latest edition of the GOBI newsletter, fresh off the press for #CMSCOP14 …thanks as always to all our contributors! gobi.org/gobi-newslette…

We have just released our compendium of 125 Important Shark and Ray Areas for the Western Indian Ocean region.

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(Photo: Guy Stevens, Manta Trust )

Seabirds are incredible! Many are migratory and require protection at key stages across their life cycle. Seabirds tend to travel repeatable routes from their breeding to non-breeding grounds and these routes are called “flyways”. #BOUsci23 #SESH3

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We're celebrating 10 yrs as the IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force mmpatf but pointing out threatened Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) & resident #endangered #porpoises & #dolphins in #Ukraine & Gulf of California. Craig Welch Rosemary Mosco (Bird And Moon Comics) Jonathan Amos Victoria Gill 💙💛…

New blog post about the Marine Flyways launch event, including a link to watch the talks if you missed them the first time!

Visit here to find out more:
seabirdtracking.org/launch-of-the-…

Visit seabirdtracking.org/case-studies/m… to find out more and view the incredible flyways in each of the world's oceans

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TODAY! 👇

Top job everyone!! 👏👏👏

Great panel on future MPAs in the High seas. What should be protected? With which kind of dynamic tools? How CBD with the GBF and EBSAs can be taken into account ? Important questions towards science-based protected areas. Guillermo Ortuño Crespo, Ph.D. |🇪🇸 |🇪🇺 Fondation Tara Océan Romain Troublé

Now diving into ABMTs with expert panellists Joe Appiott Guillermo Ortuño Crespo, Ph.D. |🇪🇸 |🇪🇺 Cindy Van Dover Aurélie Spadone Dominic Pattinson and David Johnson steering the discussion at the #BBNJ_Symposium in Edinburgh

Watch the live stream of the #BBNJ High Seas Treaty Symposium (EN/FR)

vimeo.com/event/3754238/…

Pleased and proud to be a supporter of this important event in Edinburgh. Great to see both familiar faces and newcomers to the BBNJ conversation in the room. #BBNJ_Symposium

Such an honour to receive a welcome address for #BBNJ_Symposium from Ambassador Rena Lee! We are looking forward to 2 full days of discussions about different aspects of this ground breaking treaty and the next steps.

Fantastic 3 days spent discussing #conservation challenges and opportunities in the NW Indian Ocean. New collabs, new friends across borders and oceans. Thanks to GOBI IKI Germany WCS-India #Muscat

Busy with lively group discussions on connectivity, human impacts and capacity building at our NW Indian Ocean workshop in Muscat this morning. Lots to discuss! IKI Germany

Celebrating first day successful launch of GOBI meeting with many synergies from participants working on #seabirds , #sharks , #whales , #dolphins , #ecosystems & in policy arena from most NW Indian Ocean countries. How best to get our biodiversity tools used?!…

Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean: Daniel Dunn & Dina Nisthar talk about MiCO focusing on the essential connectivity information which is lost by the focused effort to identify important areas, MPAs, EBSAs. GOBI Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) mmpatf Marine Mammal Commission Marine Mammalogy…

Delighted to be hosting this workshop to showcase 7 years of GOBI research under our IKI Germany grant, and demonstrate application of results in the NW Indian Ocean region. So many great experts in the room! BirdLife Marine UQ Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science Tethys Duke MGEL CSIRO

Working with ocean experts and local stakeholders on ways to translate the Global #Biodiversity Framework in Oman UN Biodiversity GOBI