16 Jun 2020
Blue Belt Programme Annual Update now published Read about the work of the Blue Belt Programme in UK Overseas Territories in the 2019-2020 annual update. Earlier this week on World Ocean Day, 8 June, we published our annual update on the achievements and progress of the Blue Belt Programme over the past year. Lord Zac Goldsmith, Foreign […]
08 Jun 2020
How would Sir David Attenborough and four other leading thinkers invest $1 billion to save the ocean?. Click here to watch a short video. Also more ideas in a report which assesses trends for the next decade including blue finance, decarbonising shipping, the role of tourism in marine conservation, delivering the huge potential of offshore […]
08 Jun 2020
Wildlife and Countryside Link Marine and Whales Groups are calling for a radical ocean recovery agenda to recover our oceans by 2030 to protect people and nature and climate. The manifesto describes what ocean recovery would look like and the main actions needed to achieve it. These are: A minimum of 30% of our seas […]
08 Jun 2020
There have been many reports, reviews, inquiries and calls for HPMAs in UK waters. The latest in this long line was a review commissioned in 2019 by the then Environment Secretary, Michael Gove. Published on World Oceans Day, the review recommends the introduction of HPMAs as essential for marine protection and recovery, total protection for […]
08 Jun 2020
The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) offers grants dedicated to research, conservation and education projects worldwide. Projects should integrate at least two of these components and focus on charismatic marine megafauna, particularly chondrichthyan fishes. This year’s call for applications includes a focus on promoting the recovery of sawfishes, wedgefishes and guitarfishes. Applications for Keystone Grants […]
08 Jun 2020
With demand for protective visors unlikely to reduce, at least in the short-term, visors made from paper board and cellulose from wood pulp could be a useful addition to the range of PPE available. “PPE is vital for the protection of health care workers and to reduce the transmission of the virus. But it doesn’t […]
01 Jun 2020
The postponed Cop26 is the most important international meeting on the climate emergency since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015 Click here. Under the landmark accord, countries must come forward every five years with revised plans on curbing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris goal of limiting global heating to no more […]
01 Jun 2020
Once in the marine environment, tracing microplastics back to their source presents many difficulties. The approach taken in this study by the University of Plymouth was to quantify both tyre particles and synthetic fibres as they enter the marine environment. Three points of entry were considered; release from treated wastewater effluent, direct release from storm […]
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