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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Brexit has done nothing to stop the sharp decline in UK fish populations.

Politicians have consistently set catch limits too high and allowed international trawlers to plunder our seas.

So much for putting our coastal communities first.

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · 2d

apnews.com/article/trin... in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs after US strikes in the Caribbean

Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs after US strikes in the Caribbean

Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago are fearing that a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean could kill them and their livelihoods.

apnews.com

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Julian Agyeman @julianagyeman.bsky.social · 4d

Co-production has limits, and can serve to reproduce power structures if emptied of its political, transformatory intent, but we must understand its emancipatory potential as an incremental strategy that has the power to transform urban planning practices. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...

Co-Production of Knowledge in Action: Emancipatory Strategies for Urban Equality

This open-access book examines the emancipatory potential of knowledge co-production for more equal cities, drawing on experiences from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Published by UCL Press.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 7d

Meta is building a $10B data center in rural Louisiana that will use more daily power than New Orleans in peak summer, to be powered by 3 new gas plants. It's unclear how much Meta will pay toward gas plants, raising concerns that residents could bear the cost through higher utility bills.

Louisiana's $3B power upgrade for Meta project raises questions about who should foot the bill

Meta is racing to construct its largest data center yet, a $10 billion facility in northeast Louisiana as big as 70 football fields and requiring more than twice the electricity of New Orleans.

apnews.com

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · 13d

📣 Open call to understand experiences of racism for people of colour working/studying in UK marine, coastal and fisheries.

Take part here 👉
www.surveymonkey.com/r/VHCSM28

Please share with your networks
#Ocean #OceanJustice #MarineScience #Fishing #Renewable #Offshorewind #Marine #Restoration

Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · 16d

Gender Based Violence in fisheries in the Pacific Islands region:

(1) industrial fisheries;
(2) “sex for fish” and sex trafficking;
(3) child labour;
(4) fish factories and canneries;
(5) seafood marketplaces; and
(6) monitoring, control and surveillance officers.

www.spc.int/digitallibra...

www.spc.int

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · 23d

Plastic pollution, discarded fishing nets and coastal development are taking a heavy toll on Nigeria's sea turtles.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Conservationists fight to save Nigeria's sea turtles from pollution and poachers

Plastic pollution, discarded fishing nets and coastal development are taking a heavy toll on Nigeria's sea turtles, say conservationists battling to save them.

www.reuters.com

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 25d

CW: Rape

Reporting this absolutely horrific story as an ‘isolated incident’ in the same week we’re seeing such extensive coverage of far-right rallies is doing far more than not connecting the dots.

Meanwhile, I hope this woman finds justice and peace.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

MPs express shock after alleged racially motivated rape of Sikh woman

West Midlands detectives are looking for two white male suspects after incident involving 20-year-old in Oldbury

www.theguardian.com

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) @besnet.world · 29d

From Argentina’s Gran Chaco, 2,600 Indigenous women artisans are proving how culture and conservation go hand in hand, transforming ancestral crafts into sustainable livelihoods. ✨

Read the story of the 2025 #EquatorPrize winner. 👇
www.equatorinitiative.org/2025/07/31/c...

Cooperativa de Mujeres Artesanas del Gran Chaco (COMAR) – Equator Initiative

Please accept cookies to access this…

www.equatorinitiative.org

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · 29d

Flags are being weaponised.

The real issue is zero sum mentality. The £10/wk earmarked for heating or eating was initially fought over by low income communities. Now dwindling resource means these communities are uniting against refugees and asylum seekers. The £10/wk has more ground the cover.

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Rural Racism Project, led by the Centre for Hate Studies launches its findings. The nationwide study represents one of the most comprehensive investigations to date into the lived experiences of racially minoritised communities in rural and semi-rural areas of the UK

👉 le.ac.uk/hate-studies...

The Rural Racism Project: Towards an Inclusive Countryside | The Centre for Hate Studies | University of Leicester

The Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester was awarded funding from the Leverhulme Trust to lead a major new study entitled The Rural Racism Project: Towards an Inclusive Countryside (...

le.ac.uk

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Nature @nature.com · Sep 8

Environmental scientist and global advocate Jessica Hernandez works to secure women’s rights and to integrate Indigenous science into environmental policy

go.nature.com/3VBRtp5

‘Communities already have the solutions’: why I advocate for Indigenous knowledge

Environmental scientist and global advocate Jessica Hernandez works to secure women’s rights and to integrate Indigenous science into environmental policy.

go.nature.com

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · Aug 28

Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them.

Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them

Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

www.nature.com

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · Aug 26

New review: Recent evidence on the effectiveness of European protected areas for species conservation in the face of climate change 🧪🌍

Read on for summary highlights and find the full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Recent evidence on the effectiveness of European protected areas for species conservation in the face of climate change - Biodiversity and Conservation

A dominant conservation strategy to safeguard the natural environment and biodiversity is the creation of protected areas (PAs) at international, regional, and national scales. To date, such PAs have ...

link.springer.com

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · Aug 21

Pollack? How low can you go?

Insightful article about how climate change is leading to fish migrating to new waters (conversations about migrating fish appear much more socially acceptable than migrating people right now).

theconversation.com/how-climate-...

How climate change is making Europe’s fish move to new waters

Our modelling of European fish species shows a patchwork of winners and losers as sea temperatures rise.

theconversation.com

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Paige Vega @paigeblank.bsky.social · Aug 13

Climate change reshapes reproductive health — from conception to birth.

Now, in a new collab with our friends at @grist.org, new data show how heat, poor air and floods are rewriting the earliest stages of life.

@zteirstein.bsky.social at @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4578...

The health risks from climate change that almost no one talks about

Rising temperatures are rewriting the earliest stages of life.

www.vox.com

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · Aug 1

While the civil service sits at the heart of decision making impacting the lives of millions, it sadly is not reflective of wider society.

The civil service is dominated by privilege, and people of colour sit at the bottom of the hierarchy without meaningful jobs.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Civil service interns must all be working class, government says - BBC News

Internships will only go to students from poorer families in a push to make Whitehall more working class.

www.bbc.co.uk

Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · Jul 31

🚨CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS🚨

We’re looking for B-POC writers to share their marine and fisheries sciences and workplace stories from the UK.

Paid contribution for a 250 word blog. Additional discussion for a 3,000 word academic journal article.

Contact for more details: [email protected]

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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · Jul 23

🦈 It’s #SharkWeek and nurse shark mealtime in our 280,000-gallon Baja Bay habitat! 🦈

Our nurse sharks are trained to swim to specific stations during feeding time, making it easier for aquarists to monitor their health and ensure each shark gets exactly what it needs.

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · Jul 23

I’ve joined @ecotalk.bsky.social as their new Chief Ecologist , working to rewild , replant and reintroduce some incredible native species into sites across the UK . You can support British wildlife too , just switch your SIM to Ecotalk– where profits go to nature , not shareholders ! #ad

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · Jul 20

“They didn’t interview well.” A phrase that too often masks deeper issues.
In our latest push to diversify public sector [nature] Boards, I was told this about the few ethnically minoritised candidates. But what does it mean? Are we scrutinising them differently, or is the process itself flawed?

Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · Jul 13

Padda strawberry farm in Worcester. Watch on BBC IPlayer now.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC One - Countryfile, Adam's Farming Families - The Paddas

Adam Henson is in the Vale of Evesham to meet the Padda family of soft fruit farmers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · Jul 11

Black people hiding their identities to fairly access what they should be entitled to is damning.

Thanks for this enlightening article @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

www.hw.ac.uk/news/2025/bl...

Black and minoritised people feel forced to disguise their identities

Race, Ethnicity and Homelessness research by I-SPHERE at Heriot-Watt University finds Black homeless families feel forced to disguise their identities

www.hw.ac.uk

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Jul 10

Orcas have been documented appearing to gift rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers. This could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species.

Orcas are bringing humans gifts – what does it mean?

Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species

www.newscientist.com

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