New research published in Nature today finds that we are on track for climate damages worth $38 trillion per year by 2050. This is a staggering figure. The damages are projected to be worth 6x more than the mitigation costs of limiting global warming to 2C.…

Join us on April 25 for the next seminar in the Beyond Inclusive Conservation Series on 'The Intersection of Culture and Conservation'.

Register here: lnkd.in/e9HcpXi5

SPPGA Honorary Research Associate Nathan J Bennett & Prof. Dr. David R. Boyd (SPPGA; UBC IRES) discuss how recognizing the human right to a healthy environment can shape ocean governance and drive positive change in their co-authored piece via npj Ocean Sustainability nature.com/articles/s4418…

Is there a human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable ocean?

The answer is: YES!

Read more in our new paper: nature.com/articles/s4418…

with SREnvironment @ElisaMorgera #consocsci #marsocsci #HR2HE #humanrights #oceandecade #ourocean

The week after the #OceanDecade24 , and there's been a 🌊 of #inspiration and #activism .

📚 For further reflection, here's a new paper by Nathan J Bennett, Elisa Morgera and David Boyd: tinyurl.com/2y3mrcep

Is there a human right to a clean, healthy and #sustainable #ocean ❓

Let's be clear: There's no 'postdoc shortage'. There are PLENTY of PhDs interested in academia. There's a shortage of respect & compensation for postdocs.

Academics and their puppeteers are simply realizing that their archaic expectations about peoples' labor are unsustainable.

Our new paper (led by Maarten Bavinck and with Joeri Scholtens) makes the case to establish maximum sustainable employment as a new guiding light for capture fisheries management: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fa…

La situación en Bolivia es profundamente preocupante.
El Estado debe dejar de perseguir a los defensores de los derechos humanos ambientales (a menudo indígenas), implementar leyes ambientales y cambiar la economía extractivista.
Los derechos humanos dependen de una acción rápida

We will be missing the boat if the marine social sciences do not form an integral and substantial part of the mandate and investments of the UN Ocean Decade.

MarSocSci SCB Social Science Working Group UN Ocean Decade #consocsci #oceandecade

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After a very successful #towardsIPOS event on southern perspectives, great to be with like-minded colleagues, recognizing importance of diverse knowledge systems, addressing equity and justice, integration of knowledge that can inform policy and more! UN Ocean Decade ULAB University

The article published on npj Ocean Sustainability seeks to engage ocean scientists, managers and decision-makers to engage with the transformative potential of the #humanright to a healthy environment to enhance ocean governance. tinyurl.com/4n4cfsb7

#OceanDecade24 #ourocean

The article was written by One Ocean Hub Director Elisa Morgera with Nathan J Bennett (WWF) and UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment David Boyd SREnvironment
Read the article here: tinyurl.com/4n4cfsb7

⚠️ UN Climate Change puts severe participation restrictions for NGOs at 1st #LossAndDamage Fund Board meeting ⚠️

'Space constraints' argument is unconvincing & no virtual modalities are provided.

This is even more outrageous as observer participation is one of the agenda points.

🪝New paper! We reviewed recent advances in marine science-policy knowledge exchange ⚓️

🌊More diverse strategies are used
🌊Progress in outcomes & enablers
🌊Critical research needs: marinstreaming, choice of strategy, value addition, use of AI

doi.org/10.1016/j.ocec…

🎉🎉 Our Nature Commentary 'Integrating science and the arts to deglobalise climate change adaptation' has just been published in Nature Communications!
nature.com/articles/s4146…

With Marta Olazabal Maria Loroño-Leturiondo William Lewis IMAGINE adaptation #openaccess

A clean, healthy and sustainable ocean is a human right. In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that formally recognizes the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

Learn more about how the recognition of this right can…

Oceans dominate Earth yet have been under-studied from a human rights perspective.
Sparked by the recent UN recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment that is beginning to change.
Much work to do to!
Nathan J Bennett

Is there a human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable ocean?

The answer is: YES!

Read more in our new paper: nature.com/articles/s4418…

with SREnvironment @ElisaMorgera #consocsci #marsocsci #HR2HE #humanrights #oceandecade #ourocean

Interesting new paper by Helena Slater which shows the difference between how we OUGHT to train conservationists, and how we ARE training conservationists. In Conservation Science and Practice
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs…

I dont know who needs to hear this but: If you are a researcher with field-based projects in Latin America, please hire local field assistants and local technicians. We have a surplus of extremely qualified biologists working in call centers, as uber drivers, etc... 🦎🐬🦐🦞🪷