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Strengthening the Participation of Women and Girls in Ocean Science to Achieve the SDGs

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has a clear vision of women from developing States playing a central role in marine scientific research, with the impacts reaching far beyond the sphere of ocean science. The ISA has launched a Voluntary Commitment to increase women’s participation through capacity-building opportunities and enhance the scientific and technological capabilities of developing States. ISA is holding, for the first time ever,…

February 10, 2020

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The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment: 2019 Progress Report

Launched in October 2018 with over 250 signatories, the Global Commitment now unites more than 400 organisations behind a common vision of a circular economy for plastics, in which plastics never become waste. To help make this vision a reality, all business and government signatories of the Global Commitment are committing to ambitious 2025 targets. They will work to eliminate the plastic items we don't…

Ellen MacArthur Foundation, New Plastics Economy, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) October 24, 2019

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Our Ocean 2020

We rely on it for food, livelihoods, climate resilience and recreation. Ensuring the longevity of our planet’s life force requires decisive and collective action. Our Ocean 2020 will focus on six Areas of Action, convening partners from across the globe to identify solutions to manage marine resources, increase the ocean’s resilience to climate change and safeguard its health for generations to come. Promoting and protecting…

Featured News

Strengthening the Participation of Women and Girls in Ocean Science to Achieve the SDGs

Featured Report

The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment: 2019 Progress Report

Featured Event

Our Ocean 2020

‘No Time to Lose’: New Study Shows 50% Coral Decline on Great Barrier Reef

Five Ocean-based Solutions Can Support SDGs, Pandemic Recovery

Five Ocean-based Solutions Can Support SDGs, Pandemic Recovery

Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half Of Its Corals Since 1995

Earthshot Prize: Prince William Launches £50m Drive To Repair Planet

Revealed: 97% Of UK Marine Protected Areas Subject To Bottom-Trawling

Project Promotes Blue BioTrade in East Caribbean, Contributes to SDGs 14 and 12

Tonga State Of The Environment Report

WTO Members Advance Text Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies

Report Reveals Positive Outcomes of Tonga’s Special Management Areas on Marine Environment

Egypt’s Fight To Preserve Coral Reefs In The Red Sea

Evaluating Scenarios Toward Zero Plastic Pollution

New UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Coral Reefs

Biodiversity: The Ocean’s Role

Ring Of Coral Islands In The Seychelles Described By Sir David Attenborough As ‘one Of The World’s Greatest Surviving Natural Treasures’ Is Being Destroyed By Plastic Pollution, Study Finds

The Ocean Decade Virtual Series: Ocean and Human Health Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Of UNESCO

The Costs Of Removing The Unsanctioned Import Of Marine Plastic Litter To Small Island States

Only 5 Out Of UK’s 73 Offshore Marine Protected Areas Moving Towards Conservation Targets, Greenpeace Report Reveals

Intersessional Work of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

Co-designing the Science we need for the Ocean Decade

NOAA Awards $2.7 Million In Grants For Marine Debris Removal And Prevention

This Seabed Coral Farm Is Trying To Save Our Reefs From Extinction

How Mauritius Is Cleaning Up After Major Oil Spill In Biodiversity Hotspot

U.S. Navy Exercises Will Put Further Pressure On West Coast’s Endangered Killer Whales, Experts Say

Mauritians Launch Rescue to Save Wildlife from Oil Spill

The Ocean Conference Summary Video

Plastics, the Circular Economy and Global Trade

Hudson Strait Mariner's Guide

SWOT global sea turtle interactive map

WEF Brief Explores Opportunities for Circular Plastics Economy