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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 8d

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...

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Jeff Opperman @jjopperman.bsky.social · 12d

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 ...

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Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) @orraanews.bsky.social · 20d

🌊 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 ...

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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · 23d

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
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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
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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...

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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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...

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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"

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

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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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