Encouraging words from the Sustainable Ocean Planning panel, including GO-BC chair Bill Austin, who are driving home the vital message that “we must consider local and indigenous knowledges if we are to produce a sustainable and equitable ocean plan” #Decade_SOP #OceanDecade

📢We are excited to announce a new international partnership between WWF and GO-BC 📢 This partnership will promote equitable access to educational opportunities in #bluecarbon science across the globe, and increase capacity in regions where these ecosystems are at risk.

🌊 WWF is excited to partner with University of St Andrews, building capacity in #bluecarbon science. Together with GO-BC official, we’re fostering inclusive partnerships & leveraging cutting-edge research to create a thriving ocean future! WWF UK Pacific Life wwf.org.uk/press-release/…

What a week! 1,500 people joined us in Barcelona and 3,000 people online at #OceanDecade24 to discuss groundbreaking ocean solutions. Thank you to the #OceanDecade24 partners and sponsors for making this event possible 🌊 🔗 oceandecade-conference.com

Daniel Murdiyarso (keynote speaker) provides some outstanding #BlueCarbon perspectives from Indonesia at today’s GO-BC Blue Carbon session at #EGU24 We are also delighted to be promoting Early Career Ocean Professionals #ECOP throughout this popular session (pic: Lucilia Xaus)

Protecting the ocean floor matters for climate change. William Austin, professor at University of St Andrews and leader of the Global Ocean Decade Programme for Blue Carbon (GO-BC official), explains why, and how the #OceanDecade helps to safeguard the ocean. weforum.org/agenda/2024/04…

GO-BC and Scottish Blue Carbon Forum chair Prof. Bill Austin has been on the Island of Barra this week, to engage with community groups and P7 primary school-age children as a #STEM ambassador for #BlueCarbon St Andrews Geography & SD #UHISTEM #outreach

Areas of the #ocean floor store huge quantities of #BlueCarbon, making this part of the marine world essential in the fight against #ClimateChange. Read what work the UN Ocean Decade is undertaking in order to protect the seafloor ➡️ loom.ly/NeG6Ick

GO-BC’s Bill Austin and George Biddulph filming with BBC Landward in the highlands of Scotland today. It was a great opportunity to highlight the wonderful #BlueCarbon ecosystems which Scotland has to offer! St Andrews Geography & SD University of St Andrews

We are excited to announce the endorsement of these two new #Oceandecade actions as regional hubs under the GO-BC programme. JPI Oceans will act as the focal point for Europe whereas the International Blue Carbon Institute Conservation Intl will focus on East Asia/Pacific

📢 The @EEA is looking for experts from a wide range of disciplines related to sustainable development to join its Scientific Committee. If you are an EU citizen specialized in one of the nine areas identified in the call, apply by 17 June! 👉 ow.ly/F0Nr50S8qVn

Exciting #oceans opportunity being hosted WIOMSA! Be sure to check it out!

NEW REPORT: With contributions from 21 scientists and experts, the #OceanDecade #Vision2030 White Paper on Challenge 4 outlines a path to build a sustainable and equitable ocean economy. 👉 Download the full report here: ow.ly/zZiU50Soope

📢ANNOUNCEMENT📢 GO-BC becomes the newest partner of the International Partnership for Blue Carbon! Stay tuned for new and exciting #bluecarbon collaborations 🌊 The International Partnership for Blue Carbon UN Ocean Decade @offical_GO_BC

A new spatial tool for #BlueCarbon restoration! 🌿 Our GIS-based tool identifies 33,253 ha of restoration potential along Victoria's coastline. See thread for info on open access resources 👇 Read here: bit.ly/3WKGbzh

#Ecosystem and #community level #ClimateSignal detection can help pave the way for more #sustainable #MPAs and the #BlueEconomy. Our recent work: tinyurl.com/fzd5xtww #SDG2 #SDG5 #SDG13 #SDG14 🦪🐠🐟🐙🦞🐬🐡🐳

OPPORTUNITY for Early-Career Scientists! SCOR WG 170 PRIMO invites applications to its mentorship program: primoscorwg.org/mentorship-pro…

The GO-BC, WWF, and Nong Lam university super team after a long day of fieldwork in the muddy mangroves of Southern Vietnam! Stay tuned for more fieldwork photos and an online report of our trip which will be accessible via our website! WWF UK #bluecarbon #mangroves

Great moments captured by Andre Rovai of our first day of fieldwork too! Great discussions in and out of the field, and more to come with our workshop this Friday in Hanoi!

After years of initiation, Indonesia National Blue Carbon Action Partnership (NBCAP) was recently launched. The Secretariat is now functioned to facilitate the NBCAP programs #bluecarbon #NBCAP