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Mark Andrachuk he/him @markandrachuk.bsky.social · 2d

The IUCN Guidebook for Assessing and Improving Social Equity in Marine Conservation launched this week. Available to download now: portals.iucn.org/library/node...

You can also join us for a webinar on October 28th to learn more!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#consocsci #marsocsci #marineequity

Guidebook for assessing and improving social equity in marine conservation | IUCN Library System

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 11d

RESEARCH: Accounting for human–nature linkages in area-based conservation monitoring through social–ecological indicator bundles. Co-authored by Drs. @annaschuhbauer.bsky.social & @nathanjbennett.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... via @society4conbio.bsky.social

Accounting for human–nature linkages in area‐based conservation monitoring through social–ecological indicator bundles

As the coverage of area-based conservation increases across the globe, it is critical to improve understanding of the social and ecological outcomes of such measures and the pathways to their outcome...

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Jeff Opperman @jjopperman.bsky.social · 14d

My new op-ed on how we need a "great rewilding" of childhood to counteract the "great rewiring of childhood" described in Anxious Generation @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social

Screen shot of print page in comments if can't access link www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...

Reverse the great rewiring of childhood with a great rewilding of childhood: Jeff Opperman

Across all neighborhoods, relinquishing parental control remains a challenge, but can be accomplished most effectively through collective action — parents, neighborhoods, and schools working together ...

www.cleveland.com

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Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) @orraanews.bsky.social · 22d

🌊 How are the largest companies reporting their impacts on ocean ecosystems?

In new research co-authored by ORRAA Board Member, Robert Blasiak, a study reviewed 75 major companies across eight sectors of the ocean economy.

🔗 Find out more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Identifying and closing gaps in corporate reporting of ocean impacts - Nature Sustainability

Increasing transparency about firms’ reporting of environmental impacts is especially important in the context of a growing ocean economy. This study analyses the content of sustainability and annual ...

www.nature.com

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · 25d

Many fisheries worldwide are unsustainable, driven by overfishing and a focus on economic growth. What if fisheries were managed for wellbeing instead?

This is the question we ask in this new paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Recommendations to transform fisheries in a wellbeing economy.

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Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions @oceansolutions.stanford.edu · Sep 5

#NewPaper in Science Advances finds that domestic fishing vessels account for the majority of port visits around the world. Comprehensive inspections at port for both foreign and domestic fishing fleets are a key deterrent for #illegalfishing.

🔗 stanford.io/45LXlB2
📷 Hong Wu/Getty Images

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks Markus, and stay tuned, we have an IUCN CEESP report coming out specifically focused on marine conservation at the upcoming world conservation congress.

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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · Aug 31

Interesting stuff from @nathanjbennett.bsky.social on monitoring approaches to measure progress towards "ocean equity" 👇. @oceanpia.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Frontiers | Ocean equity: from assessment to action to improve social equity in ocean governance

Inequity is ubiquitous in the ocean, and social equity receives insufficient attention in ocean governance and management efforts. Thus, we assert that propo...

www.frontiersin.org

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IngerAndersen.bsky.social @ingerandersen.bsky.social · Aug 4

Ahead of talks to #BeatPlasticPollution in Geneva, grateful to the Government of Switzerland for hosting the #INC5.2 Multistakeholder Forum.

We need a #PlasticsTreaty for the people that helps deliver on the right of everyone, everywhere to a safe, healthy environment.

www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

A global village coming together for a plastic pollution treaty

Inger Andersen's speech at a multi-stakeholder event ahead of INC-5.2.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Jul 6

Petrobras has been conducting surveys since 2013 using seismic airgun blasts that can destabilize marine ecosystems by interrupting essential communication in the marine food chain.

Seismic noise from oil companies threatens Amazon River Mouth marine life

OIAPOQUE, Brazil — At the northernmost tip of Brazil, where the Amazon spills into the Atlantic, a fragile web of estuaries, mangroves, submerged reefs and open sea is showing signs of distress.…

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Jun 28

What happens to artisanal fishers when a deep-sea fishing port comes to town?

This is Mongabay’s second story in a short series about the new Shimoni Fish Port. Read the first story here. SHIMONI, Kenya — On a drizzly March afternoon, more than two dozen vessels bobbed on…

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Jun 12

🚨 📣 Yesterday at UN Open Conference, we launched a Call To Action to Support and Safeguard Ocean Defenders! 📣🚨

We call on the international #ocean community to recognize #HumanRights to a healthy ocean & the need to maintain safe civic spaces for ocean defenders.

🔗 SIGN HERE: tinyurl.com/mt6fp25b

Invitation to Organizations and Individuals to Support "A Call to Action to Support and Safeguard Ocean Defenders"

Globally, the human rights of coastal populations and communities are threatened by a rapidly expanding ocean economy and related impacts on the environment and people. Local individuals, groups, and ...

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Coastal Communities Initiative @coastalcommunities.bsky.social · Jun 11

Kicking off our event at #UNOC3 with #OceanDefenders sharing their personal testimonies - brave, wise and important stories to hear on this global stage 🌊📣

@riseup4theocean.bsky.social @nathanjbennett.bsky.social

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · May 29

A healthy #ocean is a #HumanRight. Join us at #UNOC3 as we spotlight testimonies of #OceanDefenders & drive support for their right to a healthy ocean.

📅 11 June, 16:45–18:45 - Launch of A Call To Action to support & safeguard Ocean Defenders

🔗 events.humanitix.com/ocean-defend...

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Coastal Communities Initiative @coastalcommunities.bsky.social · May 29

#CoastalCommunities are at the intersection of #HumanRights abuses & #ocean protection. At #UNOC3, we're supporting a high-level side event bringing #CoastalCommunities & #OceanDefenders together with civil & public sectors, & govt reps, to explore challenges and solutions 👇👇

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Philip Loring @philiploring.com · Apr 4

The science 🧪 is overwhelming and clear: diversity in all its forms is critical to our, and indeed the entire planet’s survival and continued thriving.

Read my latest here theecologist.org/2025/apr/04/...

The consequences of oppressing diversity

Communities are working to revive diversity and resilience by re-localising food systems, decentralising governance, and restoring traditional languages and land practices.

theecologist.org

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Apr 1

Great to see this Special Issue on "Trends and Future Directions in the Conservation Social Sciences" in @conbiology.bsky.social #ConSocSci #MarSocSci

The field has come a long way, and there is still room for growth:

Special Issue: Trends and Future Directions in the Conservation Social Sciences: Conservation Biology: Vol 39, No 2

<em>Conservation Biology</em> is the leading global journal in the field of conservation, publishing groundbreaking papers contributing to the conservation of biological diversity.

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Mar 28

New book chapter on "Ocean governance and the protection of ocean defenders" - outlines the main issues at stake and key avenues for further research.

#oceandefenders #humanrights #bluejustice #oceangovernance

www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

www.elgaronline.com

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Mar 11

New Report Alert! -> Ocean Defenders: Protectors of Our Ocean Environment & Human Rights

📥 Download here: shorturl.at/o7OWi

This report sheds light on the struggles & resilience of those protecting marine environments & human rights. 🌊 ✊

🔁 Share widely! #OceanDefenders #HumanRights #BlueJustice

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Mar 3

🌊 Join The Ocean Defenders Project & IUCN CEESP for the report launch of: Ocean Defenders: Protectors of Our Ocean Environment and Human Rights - Register: shorturl.at/WQPhV

Report explores the struggles & resilience of those safeguarding our oceans.

📅 March 11 | ⏰ 8AM PST / 11AM EST / 4PM CET

Launch of the Report: “Ocean Defenders: Protectors of Our Ocean Environment and Human Rights”

Join us on 11 March for the Launch of the Report: “Ocean Defenders: Protectors of Our Ocean Environment and Human Rights”. Ocean defenders - including Indigenous Peoples, small-scale fishers, women, y...

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Mar 3

🌊 Join The Ocean Defenders Project & IUCN CEESP for the report launch of: Ocean Defenders: Protectors of Our Ocean Environment and Human Rights - Register: shorturl.at/WQPhV

Report explores the struggles & resilience of those safeguarding our oceans.

📅 March 11 | ⏰ 7AM PST / 10AM EST / 4PM CET

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Becky Chaplin-Kramer @beckyck.bsky.social · Feb 20

📣 Hey conservationsky! 🌍 We recently launched the WWF Fuller Science for Nature Seminar Series, Solutions for the Planet's Interlinked Challenges. This series brings together experts from the two most recent IPBES assessments (Nexus & Transformative Change): www.worldwildlife.org/pages/soluti...

Solutions for the Planet’s Interlinked Challenges | Pages | WWF

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Feb 3

New paper on "OCEAN EQUITY: From assessment to action to improve social equity in ocean governance"

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Frontiers | Ocean equity: from assessment to action to improve social equity in ocean governance

www.frontiersin.org

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Feb 3

New paper on "OCEAN EQUITY: From assessment to action to improve social equity in ocean governance"

Link: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

"The level of equity embodied in most ocean policies, management practices, programs, initiatives, and funding portfolios is unknown."

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Jan 16

New paper on “Wildlife’s contributions to people”

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Wildlife’s contributions to people - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Wildlife are central to nature’s contributions to people (NCP) but are often overlooked in NCP policy and management. This Perspective presents evidence for the integral role of wildlife in supporting...

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Jan 2

What are the social impacts of large-scale marine protected areas? We reviewed the evidence in this paper.

Better management of the social impacts of marine protected areas can lead to more equitable & effective outcomes.

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Human well-being outcomes of large-scale marine protected areas

Large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs, >100,000 km2) account for over half of the global ocean under protection, yet little is known about their …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dan Skerritt @drdanielskerritt.bsky.social · Dec 16

Our letter in @science.org on why the "WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies" is a finalist for the @weforum.org, GAEA award!
A lot of work coordinating this w/ @ubcoceans.bsky.social colleagues Anna Schuhbauer and Rashid Sumaila!
tinyurl.com/4768n3y6

initiatives.weforum.org

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Dec 6

Our annual WWF Lovejoy Symposium this year focused on “Sustainable Transformations: Tipping into Positive Change”

Miss the live version? You can watch the recorded version or download other resources here: wwf.brandlive.com/Sustainable-...

Sustainable Transformations: Tipping Into Positive Change

Welcome to Sustainable Transformations: Tipping Into Positive Change hosted by World Wildlife Fund on Brandlive!

wwf.brandlive.com

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Dec 6

Two pressing marine policy issues are related to human rights in the ocean and the situation of ocean defenders.

Ocean defenders often face marginalization, intimidation, criminalization, threats, violence & murders for their efforts to protect the ocean.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Frontiers | Ocean defenders and human rights

Two pressing and overlapping marine policy issues are related to human rights in the ocean and the situation of ocean defenders. Human rights issues and viol...

www.frontiersin.org

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · Dec 6

Ocean issues are environmental justice issues.

Read more about how marine pollution, plastics, climate change, fisheries declines, and biodiversity degradation impact human wellbeing in coastal populations.

Environmental injustices in the ocean are growing.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Environmental (in)justice in the Anthropocene ocean

Environmental justice refers broadly to the distribution of environmental benefits and burdens, and the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of a…

www.sciencedirect.com

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