🌊The Ocean Country Partnership Programme had a productive week in Maldives, working with partners at Ministry of Environment & Environmental Regulatory Authority, engaging stakeholders to progress work on #MarineProtectedArea management effectiveness.
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#BluePlanetFund #30x30
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October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🌊The Ocean Country Partnership Programme had a productive week in Maldives, working with partners at Ministry of Environment & Environmental Regulatory Authority, engaging stakeholders to progress work on #MarineProtectedArea management effectiveness.
#BluePlanetFund #30x30
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#BluePlanetFund #30x30
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Good luck to @sussexwildlife.bsky.social for this legal challenge - shocking that the government needs to be taken to court to stop them allowing dumping of waste in a #MarineProtectedArea oceanographicmagazine.com/news/uk-gove...
UK Government faces court for conservation area dumping licence - Oceanographic
Sussex Wildlife Trust has launched legal action against the UK government for granting licence to dump dredging spoil in marine protected area
oceanographicmagazine.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Good luck to @sussexwildlife.bsky.social for this legal challenge - shocking that the government needs to be taken to court to stop them allowing dumping of waste in a #MarineProtectedArea oceanographicmagazine.com/news/uk-gove...
#Portugal is accelerating its goal to protect 30% of its #MarineProtectedArea coverage, with the creation of the Madeira-Tore and Gorringe Bank Marine Nature Reserve.
This massive 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣km reserve is a HUGE win for biodiversity.
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www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
This massive 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣km reserve is a HUGE win for biodiversity.
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Portugal Now Expands Marine Conservation with Madeira-Tore and Gorringe Bank Marine Nature Reserve - Travel And Tour World
Portugal aims to reach 30% marine protected areas by 2026 with the creation of the Madeira-Tore and Gorringe Bank Marine Nature Reserve, enhancing sustainability
www.travelandtourworld.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#Portugal is accelerating its goal to protect 30% of its #MarineProtectedArea coverage, with the creation of the Madeira-Tore and Gorringe Bank Marine Nature Reserve.
This massive 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣km reserve is a HUGE win for biodiversity.
Read More:⤵️
www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
This massive 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣km reserve is a HUGE win for biodiversity.
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Way Kambas Marine Protected Area: The First MPA for Fisheries in Indonesia
blogs.edf.org/edfish/2024/...
#seagrass #fisheries #WayKambas #indonesia #coralreef #coral #mangrove #MPA #MarineProtectedArea
blogs.edf.org/edfish/2024/...
#seagrass #fisheries #WayKambas #indonesia #coralreef #coral #mangrove #MPA #MarineProtectedArea
Way Kambas Marine Protected Area: The First MPA for Fisheries in Indonesia
By: M. Khazali, Andi Yasser Fauzan, and Meutia Isty Wulandari The Government of Indonesia has committed to protect its marine ecosystems, pledging to establish 32.5 million hectares of marine protec...
blogs.edf.org
November 22, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Way Kambas Marine Protected Area: The First MPA for Fisheries in Indonesia
blogs.edf.org/edfish/2024/...
#seagrass #fisheries #WayKambas #indonesia #coralreef #coral #mangrove #MPA #MarineProtectedArea
blogs.edf.org/edfish/2024/...
#seagrass #fisheries #WayKambas #indonesia #coralreef #coral #mangrove #MPA #MarineProtectedArea
Adult fish struggle to bounce back in marine protected areas – ScienceDaily | #Ocean #MarineProtectedArea #Fish | MORE at EcoSearch
April 8, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Long-term changes in #reef fish assemblages after 40 years of no-take marine reserve protection, published in Biological #Conservation journal.
#NewZealand’s Poor Knights Islands #MarineProtectedArea.
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#NewZealand’s Poor Knights Islands #MarineProtectedArea.
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November 15, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Long-term changes in #reef fish assemblages after 40 years of no-take marine reserve protection, published in Biological #Conservation journal.
#NewZealand’s Poor Knights Islands #MarineProtectedArea.
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#NewZealand’s Poor Knights Islands #MarineProtectedArea.
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Revive Our Ocean Initiative Aims to Increase Marine Protected Areas to Cover 30% of World's Oceans by 2030
->EcoWatch | #Ocean #MarineProtectedArea | More info from EcoSearch
->EcoWatch | #Ocean #MarineProtectedArea | More info from EcoSearch
Revive Our Ocean Initiative Aims to Increase Marine Protected Areas to Cover 30% of World's Oceans by 2030
Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. “If we save the sea, we save our world” — Sir David Attenborough, Ocean with...
www.ecowatch.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
www.npr.org/sections/goa... #archipelago #barrenisles #blueeconomy #blueventures #coral #coralreef #coralreefs #fishing #indianocean #madagascar #marineprotectedarea #marinespecies #mpa #ocean #oceanmonitors #overfishing #poachers #poaching #seacucumber #seanomads #vezo #vezotribe
Photos: Fishermen, known as 'Sea Nomads,' dive to protect ocean life in Madagascar
They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to preserve both sea life — and their livelihood.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2024 at 2:57 AM
The #MarshallIslands just created a vast marine sanctuary, larger than Switzerland! 🐠 This protects pristine coral reefs, diverse marine life, and boosts fish populations. A win for conservation and local communities! #MarineProtectedArea #OceanConservation
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
A New Marine Protected Area in the Marshall Islands Is Brimming With Life, Like a 'Time Machine' to Oceans Long Ago
The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing
www.smithsonianmag.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The #MarshallIslands just created a vast marine sanctuary, larger than Switzerland! 🐠 This protects pristine coral reefs, diverse marine life, and boosts fish populations. A win for conservation and local communities! #MarineProtectedArea #OceanConservation
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
Naples State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a #marineProtectedArea that protects #NaplesReef which is about three-quarters of a mile offshore along the middle of the pristine and rural #GaviotaCoast in #SantaBarbaraCounty on #California’s south coast. The SMCA covers 2.58 square miles.
April 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Naples State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a #marineProtectedArea that protects #NaplesReef which is about three-quarters of a mile offshore along the middle of the pristine and rural #GaviotaCoast in #SantaBarbaraCounty on #California’s south coast. The SMCA covers 2.58 square miles.
Paper parks: most of the world's Marine Protected Areas lack enough protection – National Observer | #Ocean #MarineProtectedArea | MORE at EcoSearch
June 19, 2024 at 7:41 PM
It's #GreatBritishBeachClean week🧹
But a clean beach isn't just for our direct experience & aesthetic pleasure 😎
It's habitat & safe haven for others, another benefit for us 🏝
Who wouldn't want to see some of last year's 2,257 #turtle #hatchlings?! 🐢
www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
#SDG15
But a clean beach isn't just for our direct experience & aesthetic pleasure 😎
It's habitat & safe haven for others, another benefit for us 🏝
Who wouldn't want to see some of last year's 2,257 #turtle #hatchlings?! 🐢
www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
#SDG15
September 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It's #GreatBritishBeachClean week🧹
But a clean beach isn't just for our direct experience & aesthetic pleasure 😎
It's habitat & safe haven for others, another benefit for us 🏝
Who wouldn't want to see some of last year's 2,257 #turtle #hatchlings?! 🐢
www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
#SDG15
But a clean beach isn't just for our direct experience & aesthetic pleasure 😎
It's habitat & safe haven for others, another benefit for us 🏝
Who wouldn't want to see some of last year's 2,257 #turtle #hatchlings?! 🐢
www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
#SDG15
🦑 #Marineresearch #MPA #marineprotectedarea
I'll pretend to be shocked. If you allow deep sea mining, bottom trawling, dredging, etc. your MPA isn't going to be able to do much protecting
More than 80% of EU marine protected areas are ineffective, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I'll pretend to be shocked. If you allow deep sea mining, bottom trawling, dredging, etc. your MPA isn't going to be able to do much protecting
More than 80% of EU marine protected areas are ineffective, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 80% of EU marine protected areas are ineffective, study shows
Activities such as mining, dredging and bottom trawling in most MPAs mean conservation targets will be missed, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2024 at 5:02 PM
🦑 #Marineresearch #MPA #marineprotectedarea
I'll pretend to be shocked. If you allow deep sea mining, bottom trawling, dredging, etc. your MPA isn't going to be able to do much protecting
More than 80% of EU marine protected areas are ineffective, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I'll pretend to be shocked. If you allow deep sea mining, bottom trawling, dredging, etc. your MPA isn't going to be able to do much protecting
More than 80% of EU marine protected areas are ineffective, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"What should the post #2020agenda be ? Today, there is a real opportunity for States to work together in order to implement a better #oceanprotection within the upcoming international conference on the #ocean "
#MPAguide #MarineProtectedArea
#MPAguide #MarineProtectedArea
February 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"What should the post #2020agenda be ? Today, there is a real opportunity for States to work together in order to implement a better #oceanprotection within the upcoming international conference on the #ocean "
#MPAguide #MarineProtectedArea
#MPAguide #MarineProtectedArea
UNOC countdown: Fresh legal challenge over untackled bottom-trawling in EU Marine Protected Areas
->Seas at Risk | #Ocean #MarineProtectedArea | More info from EcoSearch
->Seas at Risk | #Ocean #MarineProtectedArea | More info from EcoSearch
UNOC countdown: Fresh legal challenge over untackled bottom-trawling in EU Marine Protected Areas
As the United Nations ocean conference prepares to open its doors, EU leaders are facing a new legal complaint over widespread destructive fishing in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Lawyers say continuing to permit this activity goes against the bloc’s core...
seas-at-risk.org
June 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
UNOC: EU's environmental reputation in tatters as it fails marine protected areas on international stage
->Seas at Risk | #MarineProtectedArea #Environment #Ocean | More info from EcoSearch
->Seas at Risk | #MarineProtectedArea #Environment #Ocean | More info from EcoSearch
UNOC: EU's environmental reputation in tatters as it fails marine protected areas on international stage
Europe’s pressured marine protected areas (MPAs) and the life they harbour have been left to fend for themselves by European leaders who gathered this week for the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC). Despite scientific evidence and citizen pressure, the Nice...
seas-at-risk.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
BC and Gitga'at and Gitxaała Nations are launching a new 14sq. km wildlife management area in the Kitkiata & Kishkosh Inlets, to be stewarded by the Nations’ Guardians. It's a first step and interim layer of protection for the inlets under the Great Bear Sea #MarineProtectedArea Network
BC takes first steps to protect coastal conservation hotspots with First Nations
New provincial wildlife management area recognizes deep cultural and ecological values of the Kitkiata and Kishkosh inlets in the Great Bear Sea region.
www.nationalobserver.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BC and Gitga'at and Gitxaała Nations are launching a new 14sq. km wildlife management area in the Kitkiata & Kishkosh Inlets, to be stewarded by the Nations’ Guardians. It's a first step and interim layer of protection for the inlets under the Great Bear Sea #MarineProtectedArea Network
http://Gbm.auto: A software tool to simplify spatial modelling and #marineprotectedarea planning http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0188955 #MPA #marine
November 18, 2024 at 11:31 PM
http://Gbm.auto: A software tool to simplify spatial modelling and #marineprotectedarea planning http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0188955 #MPA #marine
(1/4) The #ocean is central to human well-being but an expanding human footprint is placing it at risk. 6% of the #Mediterranean Sea is covered by a #MarineProtectedArea (#MPA) but this percentage is far from telling the whole story... https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.03.008
November 22, 2024 at 5:05 PM
(1/4) The #ocean is central to human well-being but an expanding human footprint is placing it at risk. 6% of the #Mediterranean Sea is covered by a #MarineProtectedArea (#MPA) but this percentage is far from telling the whole story... https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.03.008
#MPA #marineprotectedarea
#predatordiversity
"...in areas where there was limited fishing, as sea star numbers dropped, the urchin population was at least partially kept in check by those legally protected predators."
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#predatordiversity
"...in areas where there was limited fishing, as sea star numbers dropped, the urchin population was at least partially kept in check by those legally protected predators."
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How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy
The loss of one iconic species, sunflower sea stars, unleashed a voracious eater of seagrass habitats and upended the coastal ecosystem. But the response has opened new business opportunities.
share.google
September 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#MPA #marineprotectedarea
#predatordiversity
"...in areas where there was limited fishing, as sea star numbers dropped, the urchin population was at least partially kept in check by those legally protected predators."
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#predatordiversity
"...in areas where there was limited fishing, as sea star numbers dropped, the urchin population was at least partially kept in check by those legally protected predators."
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Protecting Our Ocean Legacy: The Case for Expanding Marine Protected Areas at Cabrillo
->Environment America | #MarineProtectedArea #Ocean | More info from EcoSearch
->Environment America | #MarineProtectedArea #Ocean | More info from EcoSearch
Protecting Our Ocean Legacy: The Case for Expanding Marine Protected Areas at Cabrillo
environmentamerica.org
December 31, 2024 at 5:23 AM
🌊The Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) team wrapped up a productive week in Ghana with a National Workshop in Accra, bringing together stakeholders to validate the draft #MarineProtectedArea Implementation Roadmap 🧵
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September 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌊The Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) team wrapped up a productive week in Ghana with a National Workshop in Accra, bringing together stakeholders to validate the draft #MarineProtectedArea Implementation Roadmap 🧵
#BluePlanetFund
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#BluePlanetFund
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It's #GreatBritishBeachClean week🧹
A clean #beach isn't just for #footprints in the sand👣
- it's for life! 🐠
Who wouldn't want to see last year's 46 #turtle nests
& 2,257 hatchlings 🐢
of critically/#endangered #Hawksbill & Green #Turtles
here!
www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
#SDG15 #SDG14
A clean #beach isn't just for #footprints in the sand👣
- it's for life! 🐠
Who wouldn't want to see last year's 46 #turtle nests
& 2,257 hatchlings 🐢
of critically/#endangered #Hawksbill & Green #Turtles
here!
www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
#SDG15 #SDG14
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It's #GreatBritishBeachClean week🧹
A clean #beach isn't just for #footprints in the sand👣
- it's for life! 🐠
Who wouldn't want to see last year's 46 #turtle nests
& 2,257 hatchlings 🐢
of critically/#endangered #Hawksbill & Green #Turtles
here!
www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
#SDG15 #SDG14
A clean #beach isn't just for #footprints in the sand👣
- it's for life! 🐠
Who wouldn't want to see last year's 46 #turtle nests
& 2,257 hatchlings 🐢
of critically/#endangered #Hawksbill & Green #Turtles
here!
www.earth-changers.com/sustainable-...
#SDG15 #SDG14
Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas - why that's a problem for fishing's future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life
->The Conversation | #TrumpfCoupSeason2 #Coral #Wildlife #Whale #NoDecency #Ocean #MarineProtectedArea | More info from EcoSearch
->The Conversation | #TrumpfCoupSeason2 #Coral #Wildlife #Whale #NoDecency #Ocean #MarineProtectedArea | More info from EcoSearch
Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas - why that's a problem for fishing's future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life
The single greatest threat to the diversity of life in our oceans over the past 50 years, more than climate change or plastic pollution, has been unsustainable fishing practices. In much of the ocean, there is little to no regulation...
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM