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Is human wellbeing a driving motivator for wildlife conservation, or just a necessary consideration for achieving a #biodiversity goal? Conversations at #IMCC7 keep bringing me back to my recent survey, which suggests a discrepancy in views: rebeccanesbit.com/what-does-cons…

Goodhart's Law (rephrased) when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure and the thing it is designed to measure will get worse. Angelo believes this applies to MPAs (also IUCN RLA) #IMCC7

Angelo acknowledges the many people and multiple orgs are doing the good work for 30x30 and beyond #IMCC7

Angelo Villagomez kicks off today's #IMCC7 by highlighting how the wealthier nations with overseas EEZ's (legacy of colonialism) tend to favour putting large marine protected areas (MPAs) in those overseas areas rather than in their "local" waters. 1/5

Great to be at the International Marine Conservation Conference Congress this week. City of Cape Town is presenting today on CECs. As the most biodiverse city on the planet ᑕᗩᑭE TOᗯᑎ is the best destination for conservation conference. 🌍 #EarthshotPrize loading… IMCC7 #IMCC7

A genuinely empowering plenary this morning at #IMCC7. Angelo Villagomez shed light on MPA quality and the lack of collaboration with indigenous communities. It did highlight that St Helena is in a very different place to the rest of the world, and for that we are proud 🇸🇭

Forgotten shorelines: the story of US Virgin Islands marine debris removal and the community who powers it #IMCC7

Allie Durdall (University of the Virgin Islands-CMES) shares the story of U.S. Virgin Islands marine debris removal and the community that powers it #IMCC7 1/4

Emma Algotsson (Catchgreen) talks about piloting Catchgreen biodegradable fishing gear at #IMCC7 70% of marine animal entanglement involves lost, abandoned, and discarded fishing gear. The gear uses a biodegradable polymer that can be broken down by marine microbes 1/4

📝🔎 Yesterday at the International Marine Conservation Congress #IMCC7 in Cape Town, MSC researcher @KT_longo presented a climate change risk assessment that highlights hotspots of future risk to #SsustainableFishing 🔗 Understand more: bit.ly/4dX7xsm #MSCecolabel

Housseni Houssoyni tells us about co-management of the Comoros Marine Protected Areas There's lots of actors involved - MPA village communities, economic operators, science, law enforcement and more. Yes - it's complicated! #IMCC7 1/2

Liz Clingham (St Helena MPA) delivered our final Blue Belt presentation IMCC7! She demonstrated how robust marine management and a high level of community support has strengthened MPA governance to ensure their #SmallIsland has a #BigFuture. #IMCC7 #UKOT

Hub Deputy Director Philile Mbatha presents today at the 7th Int. Marine Conservation Congress (#IMCC7) S. Africa ‘Shaping the Future: Harnessing Science, Indigenous Knowledge & Capacity for Scalable Sustainable Conservation’ 15:30 (SAST) followed by a panel discussion in Hall 9.

Learning more about the work of the IUCN Species Specialist Groups and the thousands of expert volunteers that support the work. #IMCC7

#IMCC7 Tales from the Sea. Beautiful stories from passionate people. What a lovely evening event at #IMCC7

Love listening to Arthur Tuda speaking. Always something to learn. #IMCC7

Thank you to all who attended our session at #IMCC7! We were so excited to have this opportunity to foster connections between current & prospective IUCN Species Survival Commission members & to broaden engagement with IUCN SSC Specialist Groups in the #marinerealm. Photo: Specialist Group members

Happy 2025 from the SCB Marine Program Team! Thank you for your contributions at IMCC7. Preparations for IMCC8 are underway and we're excited to invite global proposals to host IMCC8 in 2026. Submit your proposals by January 15th, 2025. More details here: conbio.informz.net/InformzDataSer…

🚨 ATTENTION 🚨 Interested in submitting to the IMCC7 proceedings but didn't receive an email from Science Officer David Shiffman? Get in touch with him immediately, the deadline to apply is 3/31 - You can also contact him at Whysharksmatter @ gmail dot com