Org. meeting of #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty PrepCom closed by Co-Chair Ambassador Janine Felson with dates for 2 x 2 week sessions in 2025 & another in 2026 decided & strong convergance on future program of work. Great to see continued momentum for early operationalization of #BBNJ !

Dear President Biden Vice President Kamala Harris Sheldon Whitehouse Rep. Alan Lowenthal Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Department of State | Science Diplomacy USA — join me in acknowledging the FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY of #microplastics feral, fished from the Atlantic and featured on the cover of Science Magazine! Aug 1974 #PlasticsTreaty

Nice piece at @natgeo on a new era of ocean exploration enabled by OceanX nationalgeographic.com/science/articl…

Thank you Bloomberg Philanthropies - part of the founding vision and immensely supportive from that moment as we established our transparency platform and built our diverse and dispersed team and global partners.

Daniel Pauly's shifting baselines syndrome cited in this article (via The Conversation Canada) theconversation.com/sharks-are-tak…

The High Seas Alliance team is at #NCCOP11 to advance the #RaceForRatification to reverse the decline in ocean health. For African States, the #HighSeasTreaty will help address critical issues, like biodiversity conservation as well as food security and sustainable development.

Emerging insights into the value of our oceans and the risks associated with their exploitation are fascinatingly described by Dr Olive Heffernan in The High Seas. The Irish Times Conor Purcell PhD Fair Seas A great read.

Thank you!

I'm in the The Irish Times today talking about my book THE HIGH SEAS. "There is hope, but we have to work hard, and fast, to protect the future". Thanks Conor Purcell PhD Kevin O'Sullivan #highseas2024 #thehighseas #BBNJ PEW Literary Profile Books Greystone Books

Scientists believe the #HighSeasTreaty offers a crucial opportunity to adapt to #ClimateChange. In the implementation framework, how to define & implement #MPAs, especially for migratory species affected by warming waters, must be taken into account. conservation.org/press-releases…

Today's The Irish Times features an interview with me about the threat to the deep ocean from mining. It's part two of a chat about my book, THE HIGH SEAS, with science journalist Conor Purcell. It will be interesting to see how plans to mine the deep sea shape up over the coming

Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, the Māori King, died today. he was a leader for the planet and ocean and I had the honour of meeting him in the launch of a groundbreaking initiative to grant personhood rights to great whales. RIP

Like a "spoonful of sugar that helps some extremely tough medicine go down...." "Heffernan has delivered a passionate and persuasive polemic, one that often feels as shocking as a bucket of cold water to the face". So delighted with this review of THE HIGH SEAS in today's

So well deserved 👏👏

CHANGING TIDES: Is life in our marine protected areas safe or still in danger? Fund our Noteworthy investigation into the status of Ireland's MPAs at: tinyurl.com/3n57njth Reporting for this investigation will be supported, in part, by the Pulitzer Centre, as part of its

Please remember the rule, folks: Some summers are hotter than others, but every summer is now warmer than if the same weather patterns happened decades ago. The summer of 2024 was still warmer than the vast majority of the summers of Julia's childhood.

#BerlinOceanDinner

"one-fifth of the 70 endemic shark and ray species in the [southwest Indian Ocean and adjacent waters] region are threatened with extinction". 😬