Two initiatives to help promote educational measures in ocean literacy Accelerating Ocean Literacy in UK Culture Both the Marine Conservation Society and the Thames Estuary Partnership (TEP) have had long involvement in the education process. Through discussions as members of the Marine CoLABoration (funded by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), we recognised the opportunity for more focus in the curriculum for UK schools […]
Recommendations to inform a UK ocean acidification monitoring strategy This report provides advice and recommendations on how the UK could contribute to the effort to measuring OA at a whole-ocean level. This report was written by the Defra Science Advisory Council Ocean Acidification sub group.
World Ocean Council Identifies Industry Needs and Opportunities to Engage on Ocean Governance and WOC Actions to Address These Priorities 11 June 2018 In recognition that every day needs to be “World Oceans Day” – and indeed it is at the World Ocean Council – the WOC is proud to release “Ocean Governance and the […]
Tomorrow the Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey will head to the UN Climate Change Conference in Germany to discuss our world-class marine science and leading research into ocean acidification. Defra: Saturday is ‘Oceans Action Day’ and the Minister will join leaders from around the world to address progress made on tackling climate change and its impacts […]
This website sets out a host of ideas and programmes: Covering a huge range of issues from sustainable development goals, MPAs, litters, climate change adaptation and fishing. Final calls UN Oceans Conference http://sdg.iisd.org/news/un-ocean-conference-concludes-with-call-for-action-and-1300-commitments/ 11 June 2017: The UN Ocean Conference concluded with a 14-point ‘Call for Action’ to conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas and […]
WWF – US The value of the ocean’s riches rivals the size of the world’s leading economies, but its resources are rapidly eroding, according to a report released by WWF today. The report, Reviving the Ocean Economy: The case for action – 2015, analyses the ocean’s role as an economic powerhouse and outlines the threats […]
Recently there have been a number of reports and papers on the sheer scale of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans http://cmscoms.com/?p=2789 ; recently more work has been published including: Plastic waste from land to sea – A paper in Science estimating levels in the world oceans http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6223/768.abstract Dr Lucy Woodhall, was the lead author […]