New poster of our MANCOGA project in the poster hall at UN Ocean Decade conference. Holger Brix AWI Medien and Benjamin Osei Botwe University of Ghana show the importance of mangroves as #NaturebasedSolution against coastal hazards in Eastern Ghana. Learn more: meerwissen.org/partnership-pr…

🏁Last day of the #OceanDecade24 !

🌊Dorothy Hodgins UniversityOfVictoria gives 'A review and assessment of different forms of co-design for #ocean #science supporting #sustainable development': tinyurl.com/224yjlqv

🎙️More on #CoDesign in our #OceanInSight podcast: tinyurl.com/23e7p4e5

Challenge🔟 must be our Number 1⃣: Change humanity’s relationship with the #ocean .

📢An important statement by Vivienne Solís Rivera today at the #OceanDecade24 .

🌊Discover the diversity of knowledge from #Indigenous peoples, #local communities and #CoDesign : tinyurl.com/24gzzcme

How to co-design a project? Tobias Dolch from AWI Medien shows at UN Ocean Decade how #CoDesign is having a positive impact on the Orientate TN project to mitigate erosion and protect the coasts of Djerba in Tunisia. Learn more: meerwissen.org/resources/news…
#NaturePositive

Our project #SOMWAT presents a poster about seagrass as #NaturebasedSolutions to reduce watershed pollution using #CoDesign to improve local livelihoods in 🇹🇿 and 🇿🇦 at the UN Ocean Decade Conference! Check out our exciting work in the poster hall. meerwissen.org

Ocean economy is a critical economic sector: the livelihoods of over 3 billion people rely on ocean-based industries for income, trade and jobs.

We asked ocean experts attending #OceanDecade24 what needs to be done to develop a sustainable and resilient ocean economy👇

Welcome to #OceanDecade 24 !

Today, we'll open the Conference with Heads of State and global leaders, discuss the conditions of success for the #OceanDecade , and showcase solutions for a clean, healthy and resilient ocean.

Programme and livestream: ow.ly/tInP50RbXsN

🔔A new MeerWissen #factsheet has been published!

🌊 #MeerWissen aims at improving the conditions for knowledge- and science-based policy-making for the #conservation and sustainable use of Africa's #oceans and coasts by... What❓

🔗Find out: tinyurl.com/27rvdun5
#OceanDecade

How to empower science, policy and society through co-design for ocean sustainability? Joe Appiott from UN Biodiversity opened our satellite event at #OceanDecade conference in Barcelona.
Listen to inspirational cases of co-design from different regions: youtube.com/watch?v=vj7uPX…

Contribute to discussions on ocean knowledge, policy priorities, and capacity building through off-site events on April 9 (air-sea interactions, Indian Ocean coastal resilience); and an on-site event on April 10 (Polar oceans' long-term engagement) during the Ocean Decade Week.

📢TOMORROW, our #OceanDecade Satellite Event will take place!

🌊There will be discussions on the significance of #collaboration across the #science -policy-society interface for #sustainable #ocean development.

🍿youtube.com/watch?v=vj7uPX…

🚀Stay tuned for more in the coming days!

Excited for the #OceanDecade Conference starting next week❓

🎞️Until then, watch 'Against The Tide' to pass the time.

🌊The #documentary portrays the experiences of young leaders from states on the front line of #ClimateChange and #MarineDegradation .

🔗vimeo.com/246790944

👩‍⚖️Lawsuit initiated to halt African #penguin extinction.

🐧BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 and SANCCOB concerned about #extinction by 2035 as essential food sources are increasingly scarce due to #overfishing - calling for #notake fishing zones.

🗞️Read more: tinyurl.com/286uj78q

🍿Our satellite event at the #OceanDecade Conference will be live-streamed on #YouTube !

🌊 Don't miss out, catch the #Livestream here: youtube.com/watch?v=vj7uPX…

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🐳New no-fishing zones in #Antarctic established over existing #MPA .

🦐This measure aims to safeguard #marinewildlife by banning fishing of prey species, enabling the #ecosystem to regenerate.

🔗Read more about this #conservation effort in Mongabay: tinyurl.com/2cbn2uce

📢We are #hiring !

🐠We are offering an #internship to work in #MarineConservation within the Support Programme Biodiversity-Environment-Oceans at the GIZ.

🦀For more information, please visit this link: jobs.giz.de/index.php?ac=j…

📥Deadline: April 17th, 2024

📢Interesting presentation from the Institute for Environment & Sanitation Studies at the #OceanDecade Conference!

📅April 11th, 16:30-18:00
📍Atlantic Ocean Room (Area 06)

🌱'Exploring the use of #mangroves as #NbS to protect the coast against coastal erosion and flooding'

🔗Session 3: tinyurl.com/224yjlqv

#CoastalCommunities in 🇵🇬 stand at a critical juncture with the Solwara 1 #DeepSeaMining project.

🦈Concerns over #livelihoods , #culture , and #EnvironmentalImpact intensify as scientists urge caution.

📰Article from Mongabay: tinyurl.com/228x2z55

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🚨New #OceanInSight podcast episode released!

🎣In Episode 6, Nicole Franz from Fisheries & Aquaculture and Aliou Sall from V2V Global Partnership discuss the hidden power of sustainable #SmallScaleFisheries for food security, livelihoods and marine stewardship.

🔗tinyurl.com/28kfmxfo

📢Listen up #OceanDecade fellows!

🌊On April 11th, Tobias Dolch from AWI Media will give a presentations about 'Engaging stakeholder in nature-based coastal protection in 🇹🇳' (@OrientateTN) at the Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona!

🔗See Session 2: tinyurl.com/224yjlqv