Join us today at 15.50 BST at the Oceans & Water Forum Innovation Zero. Andy Whitmore Jeanne Everett Torsten Thiele

🗓️ Next week, we will be in London🇬🇧 for Innovation Zero.

🌊 Our Director Sian Owen will be one of the panelists discussing the protection of marine biodiversity and ecosystems in the #DeepSea with Hugo Tagholm Sandy Luk Jeanne Everett. #DefendTheDeep innovationzero.com/2024-programme…

Lining up for a day of bringing the #ocean & especially the #deepsea into as many discussions as possible at Innovation Zero. Excited to join Jeanne Everett Hugo Tagholm and Sandy Luk on a panel on Protecting Our Ocean Ecosystems & Biodiversity. DSCC Torsten Thiele

NOT #trawling on #seamounts should be a no brainer: it's the only way to fulfill existing legal obligations to protect the marine environment. The North Pacific Fisheries Commission #NPFC fails again to protect the Emperor Seamounts Chain #DefendTheDeep news.mongabay.com/2024/04/no-pro…

Today Our Ocean Greece, the governments of Palau🇵🇼, Costa Rica🇨🇷, France🇫🇷, Spain🇪🇸, Vanuatu🇻🇺, Chile🇨🇱, Germany🇩🇪, Ireland🇮🇪 and Brazil🇧🇷 reiterated their support for a pause on #DeepSeaMining and called on all countries to join the fight before it's too late for our ocean🌊

WWF Norway to pursue legal action against the Norwegian government, unless the decision to open its continental shelf to #DeepSeaMining is reversed. #DefendTheDeep DSCC Kaja Lønne Fjærtoft Jessica Verrilli
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96% of areas beyond national jurisdiction are #deepsea . We need to reset our relationship with the #ocean . Sian Owen “ultimately it’s business as usual that’s creating the ocean crisis… partnerships help a wider audience to see below the surface” #UNOceanDecade #RiseUp4theOcean

Today, at the #OceanDecade24 , our Director Sian Owen, Lisa Levin Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Dan Hikuroa and The Ocean Race Richard Brisius discussed the importance of the #DeepSea and deep-ocean science to discover more about those ecosystems and protect the 💙 of our planet.
#DefendTheDeep

Country with appalling record on women's rights picked to lead UN women's rights forum. Not a single State dissented. Clear message sent to women worldwide: your rights are not a priority.

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I'm speaking at Innovation Zero 2024, UK's largest net-zero congress! Register online to join my session! #IZ2024speaker invt.io/1txb1hkn5e3

The #DeepSea critters are out in force this year for the DSCC 's 20th anniversary. Help them #DefendTheDeep by ending #BottomTrawling on seamounts and calling for a moratorium on #DeepSea Mining.

Indigenous Peoples across the Pacific have been campaigning to #StopDeepSeaMining because it will ruin precious ecosystems and the cultures that rely on them.

You’ve admitted deep sea mining can’t be sustainable yourself so quit the greenwash The Metals Company $TMC #SAFESummit2024

We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to stop an unsustainable, extractive industry before it even gets off the ground. ✋ ⛔

#DeepSeaMining #ClimateAction #DefendTheDeep

The science is clear: there is no way to avoid environmental harm.

Ahead of #ISA29 , the deep sea critters 🐡🐙🦑 call on States to adopt a moratorium, slam the brakes on #DeepSeaMining and prioritize the protection of our ocean 💙

#DefendTheDeep

Today, at Economist Impact events #OceanSummit panel on #DeepSeaMining , Seas At Risk Monica Verbeek & IUCN Ocean Team Minna Epps reminded the audience that we don't need to mine the seafloor. Rather the industry is a threat to the biodiversity crisis.
The sole approach is a moratorium 🧵

...and if only the #ocean #environment had a voice to remind us that #DeepSeaMining would cause irreversible damage, with zero positive impact re: reducing terrestrial mining. #DefendTheDeep #JustGreenTransition

Our Director Sian Owen is 1️⃣ of the women in #OceanConservation leading roles. However, a recent gender gap report saw women still underrepresented in these roles.

We're proud to be featured in RISE UP - A Blue Call To Action's blog on #InternationalWomensDay .
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! Please take a moment to read this blog that I have the privilege of sharing with some of my favourite women campaigning tirelessly for our 🌊🌏. DSCC Loreley Picourt 🧜🏼‍♀️ Bec Hubbard Flora McMorrin RISE UP - A Blue Call To Action
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”Will we once again be bystanders in the exploitation of our own resources, as has been the case with many mineral extraction activities in the region?” Pacific tuna expert sounds caution in developing #DeepSeaMining Senate Democrats islandsbusiness.com/news-break/reg…

🎉 Did you hear it’s our 20th Anniversary?

🌊✨To kick off our year-long celebration, check out our Director Sian Owen’s blog reflecting on our journey so far. 📖🎂 And stay tuned to learn about surprises across the year!

Read the blog here: deep-sea-conservation.org/about/20th-ann…