Safeguarding the Southern Ocean
Safeguarding the Southern OceanGlobal Efforts to Protect One of Earth’s Last Wild Frontiers The Southern Ocean is one of the
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Marine protected area
UN Conference starts in New York to define ocean treaty
The intergovernmental conference of the United Nation, meant to reach a first-ever ocean treaty on the high seas’ biological diversity,
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Great news! Panama doubles the size of its protected marine areas
On June 8, World Oceans Day, Panamanian President, Laurentino Cortizo, and the Minister of Environment, Milciades Concepción announced the expansion
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Blue is the new green: Oceans vital to Earth’s vitality
In the conservation world, public attention sometimes has too heavy a focus on terrestrial ecosystems. This can lead to the
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India creates three new marine reserves, one specifically for sea cucumbers
The administration of union territory of Lakshadweep, India has recently announced the designation of three new protected areas. The first
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Archipelago National Park: Marine Wilderness in the Baltic Sea
We recently informed about a potential new Wilderness candidate on the Baltic coast in Northern Germany, in the Nationalpark Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft. We would like to
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Quality Standard for Marine Wilderness
The European Wilderness Society is actively working on a quality standard for marine Wilderness, alongside terrestrial Wilderness. Practical experience with
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Killing the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is suffering from a lack of oxygen. Poor oxygen conditions on the seabed are killing animals and
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Victory for whales – whalehunting not scientific research
Through its most recent decision, the International Court of Justice ruled Japan’s Southern Ocean Whalehunting is not scientific research. The
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