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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

Event

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26th Session of the International Seabed Authority Assembly and Council (Part II)

The Authority hosts its annual sessions at its headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica. At the Annual Sessions, representatives from member States of the Authority meet, discuss and formulate the work of the International Seabed Authority and its Secretariat. All session documents are available online here in all six official languages of the UN.

October 7, 2020 - October 16, 2020 Kingston, Jamaica

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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

Featured News

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

Featured Event

26th Session of the International Seabed Authority Assembly and Council (Part II)

Featured Report

The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment: 2019 Progress Report

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

SWOT global sea turtle interactive map

Hudson Strait Mariner's Guide

WEF Brief Explores Opportunities for Circular Plastics Economy

Grounded Ship Emptied Of Oil, But Heavy Damage For Mauritius

Facebook Abandoned Drilling Equipment Beneath the Ocean Floor

COVID-19 Has Worsened the Ocean Plastic Pollution Problem

Scientists Discover Dozens Of New Species In Galapagos Depths

Experts Emphasize Private Sector’s Role in Combating Marine Litter

Mauritius Scrambles To Counter Oil Spill From Grounded Ship

Blue Beacon Series: Hidden Pacific

Endangered Orcas At Risk From U.S. Navy, Activists Warn

Illuminating Dark Fishing Fleets In North Korea

Ushering in a New Era of Ocean Transparency: An Interview with Global Fishing Watch

Sharks ‘Functionally Extinct’ At 20% Of World’s Coral Reefs As Fishing Drives Global Decline

New Research: Tackling The Climate Emergency Through Locally Led Mangrove Conservation

A Transition To Sustainable Ocean Governance

Genetics Could Protect Coral Reefs from Global Warming