Economic benefits of #trophy hunting are dubious — a colonial sport for the privileged few. dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/20…

Starting now 💡High-Level Roundtable on enabling conditions for international agreements such as #BBNJ and #GBF with UN Biodiversity Food and Agriculture Organization, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea ICCAT WMU GFCM SAC Chairman Mohammed Malouili Idrissi - the ‘desert’ 🍰concluding today’s day #FishForum2024 by General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

📣 Huge thanks to the officials & experts who joined forces to scale up #science and #innovation Discover how #FishForum2024 offered a unique platform to explore the latest fisheries science, address the challenges facing the sector, & much more: ➡️fao.org/gfcm/news/deta…

Devastating accounts from war-torn #Ukraine #Palestine #SouthSudan and the extent of the destruction of the environment, wildlife, and human life. Solidarity and humanity is paramount if we want to make a difference. #UNEA-6 #GMGSF20 #UnitedNations

Protecting marine ecosystems and geoengineering Pandora’s box on the agenda of #UNEA 6. oceancare.org/en/stories_and…

#BBNJ side event during #UNEA6 highlighting this major milestone of achieving the BBNJ Agreement last year. A strong message needs to come out from #UNEA6 encouraging rapid ratification by at least 60 #UN member states #UNOC3. #UNEP #UNCLOS High Seas Alliance

Join our side event series at #INC4 on how the #PlasticsTreaty can add this crucial puzzle piece to prevent harm from plastic fishing 🎣 gear. Excited to team up again with friends at Environmental Investigation Agency MarViva CR and SPREP. RSVP: rb.gy/6y5j8k

Really enjoying another great podcast by the brilliant Environmental Investigation Agency team Chris Dixon and Jacob Kean-Hammerson @ #INC4, vigorously nodding on so many points 👌🏻🤩🤓

Breakfast briefing at #INC4: Georges GASSITA 🇬🇦 on the importance of a dedicated article on fishing 🎣 gear in the new #PlasticsTreaty

🐟 Another awesome #PlasticsTreaty briefing to talk full life cycle governance of fishing gear and sectoral approaches. Thanks to Norway, Monaco, Fiji, Panama, UK, Gabon and Belgium for the leadership here at #INC4 - let's go get a good provision on this problematic source! 💪

Clear words by SteffiLemke at #INC4 on the climate impacts by rampant plastic production and consumption and the need for robust science to inform policy making. #PlasticsTreaty

📢The #INC4 for the Global #PlasticsTreaty is about to begin in Ottawa 🇨🇦! Tune into the plenaries via the live stream [unep.org/inc-plastic-po…] or follow our live tweets below during the negotiations. #BreakFreeFromPlastic #BeatPlasticPollution

Ships, reduce speed! The plan to avoid collisions with whales in the Mediterranean Sea Conservation organizations are requesting Transición Ecológica y Reto Demográfico a mandatory vessel speed limitation in the Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor lavanguardia.com/mediterranean/… ACCOBAMS International Whaling Commission

The Ocean is our strongest ally in coping with the climate crisis. But we continue to hurt it, day by day. It’s time we protect our wounded planet and let it recover to become resilient and healthy again – because our planet is blue. action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-6-be…

Thought-provoking presentation by Callum Roberts on destructive fishing practices 🎣and climate impacts 🔥during #UNICOLOS #ICP24 expert meeting.

🐙57% of the Abandoned, Lost, Discarded Fishing Gear #ALDFG in the #Thracean Sea are #plastic #octopus pots! 🗑️Since 2019, the Thracean Sea fishers of the “Fishing for Litter” #FFL project removed approximately 45,000 litter items with 9,000 of them being plastic octopus pots!

Neue unabhängige wissenschaftliche Bewertung der Grindwaljagd auf den Färöer-Inseln bestätigt akute Tierschutzbedenken und bezeichnet die Praxis als „inhärent unmenschlich“. 🐬🩸OceanCare Nicolas Entrup srf.ch/audio/srf-4-ne…

Very well said, Switzerland!🇨🇭#DeepSeaMining will cause irreversible damage to our marine environment. It’s encouraging to see strong opposition to this risky industry. Time to #DefendTheDeep! 🌊

Gratulation 🇦🇹 für die klare Ablehnung des #Tiefseebergbaus und die Forderung nach einer vorsorglichen Pause 👏. Damit reiht sich 🇦🇹in die Liste der Länder wie Malta, Honduras, Tuvalu und Guatemala, die diese Woche während der #ISA Assembly ein wichtiges Zeichen gesetzt haben.

The DSCC welcomes Leticia Carvalho as the new Secretary-General of the ISA. This is a new chapter and we urge her to prioritize the precautionary principle, transparency, and science. Reforming the ISA to protect and manage the deep sea for the benefit of humankind is crucial. 🌊