We've already lost so much nature. Now is the time to restore it – not harm it further.

But mining companies are threatening the deep sea.

🛑 This can’t happen. Political & business leaders: SAY NO to #DeepSeabedMining ! #IMPAC5 #WWFUntangled #ProtectBlueNature

IMPAC5 announced IMPAC6 host - Senegal!! ⁦⁦IUCN⁩ 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

👉 Protecting the ocean protects people like you and me.

World leaders made a commitment to safeguard 30% of the ocean by the end of the decade.

This can't be an empty promise. We must #ProtectBlueNature ! #IMPAC5

New paper! We discuss how #MarineProtectedAreas ( #MPAs ) with diverse fishing restrictions achieve gains for nature. We recommend that countries blend locally-appropriate protection levels — from full to partial protection — to achieve conservation goals. cc to #IMPAC5 👇🧵(1/9)

𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 #𝗢𝗘𝗖𝗠𝘀 are places where area-based #fisheries management measures can simultaneously

🔹 generate food
🔹 support livelihoods and
🔹 conserve #biodiversity

for a world where 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 & 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 can both thrive 👇

#IMPAC5
#SpatialManagement

💫 Mesmerizing black and white #SundayMood

Join our #ocean literacy events at #IMPAC5 and help us preserve this incredible species by changing humanity’s relationship with the #ocean 🖤 bit.ly/3l1U24R

📽️ maniurashydh

#OceanDecade

Can you spot the seahorse? Blink and you might miss it.

This pygmy seahorse was found in Raja Ampat, Indonesia 🇮🇩 – where a network of #MarineProtectedAreas is home to over 1,600 species of reef fish and over 550 species of coral!

RT to help #ProtectBlueNature 🧡 #IMPAC5

I'm finally here at the 5th International Marine Protected Area Congress (IMPAC5) in Vancouver 🌊🇨🇦🇮🇪👊 First quick update from me 👇

TLDR: It's an important time not only for MPAs in 🇮🇪 but globally 🌎

#MarineProtectedAreas #FairSeas Fair Seas IMPAC5 #IMPAC5

#FrenchPolynesia , through the voice of Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu, Minister of Culture and the Environment, is proposing to close the #HighSeas to #fishing and #DeepSeaMining , starting with the #Pacific .

#IMPAC5

Had to look twice as this is such a rarity. Check out the three keynote speakers at IMPAC5. Very easy once you see remove blindness and take a real look at the work through a gender and diversity lens. Well done IMPAC5 - now I wish I was there!
impac5.ca/2023/01/20/key…

We have caused enough havoc in our oceans. We must leave the deep sea alone. #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #IMPAC5

🔊Uncle Sol Kaho'ohalahala with the Maui Nui Makai Network gives an evocative traditional welcome at the #IMPAC5 session about community resistance to #deepseamining . Jessica Battle 🌊🌍♻🦈 DSCC
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The world promised to protect a third of the planet at the #COP15 summit. Last week the global conservation community was in Vancouver at #IMPAC5 to figure out how this would apply to our oceans. We must seek to preserve & restore ecosystems under the waves as well as on land

We urgently need to change humanity's relationship with the ocean. Here are 5 takeaways from IMPAC5:

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#IMPAC5 #deepsea #ocean #underwater #marine

“Let’s close the #HighSeas to fishing and #DeepSeaMining . Let’s help small nations build resilient economies instead of selling fishing licences to big countries”. Agree 100% with Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu, Minister of Environment for #FrenchPolynesia , speaking at #IMPAC5

#IMPAC5 is an opportunity to highlight best practice for conservation, working with coastal communities and Indigenous Peoples.

Action to #ProtectBlueNature is essential to secure a #NaturePositive world and deliver the targets set in the 🆕Global Biodiversity Framework.

Outstanding conservationists honoured by IUCN at #IMPAC5 .

Dr Eleanor Sterling and Dr Kristina Gjerde were awarded the Fred Packard Award, while Dr Maria del Carmen García Rivas was presented with the Kenton R. Miller Award.

Learn about their work ➡️ bit.ly/3I1PyED

“We are seeing tremendous interest in finding ways to protect the ocean and its resources,” said Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Global Environment Facility (GEF)’s CEO.

Discover ways in which Indigenous Peoples and coastal communities are supporting the development of #MPAs wrld.bg/g1FH50M3ky1 #IMPAC5 IMPAC5

We're incredibly proud of our 1.24 million km2 sustainable use Marine Protected Area, and of our team who manage this vast #MPA . Mark & Sue have represented #SouthGeorgia & the #SouthSandwichIslands on the global stage at #IMPAC5 this week as part of the #BlueBelt delegation

Wonderful to meet representatives of UK‘s Overseas Territories at #IMPAC5 . The story of ⁦Blue Belt Programme⁩ is one of the most uplifting environmental stories of our age. Huge tribute to islanders who have helped ensure an area of sea bigger than India is protected forever