March 5, 2021
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Oceans around the world face a litany of threats, from climate change to overfishing to pollution and more.
March 4, 2021
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Greenpeace activists have built a new underwater 'boulder barrier' in a protected area of the English Channel to stop a hugely harmful fishing practice. In total 18 boulders, each weighing about three tonnes and carrying the name of a celebrity endorser, were dropped this week from the Greenpeace
March 4, 2021
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) around Oahu do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat algae on coral reefs.
March 4, 2021
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The Minister of Conservation has approved the Bay of Plenty Regional Coastal Environment Plan, resolving the two outstanding appeals relating to the Motiti Protection Area and Matakana Island.
March 4, 2021
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Greenpeace Taiwan is urging an expedited legislative review of the proposed Ocean Protection Act and the creation of a marine protected area (MPA) for sustainable fishing. In a press conference on Thursday (Feb.
Advancing Sustainable Development and Protected Area Management with Social Media‐Based Tourism Data
Sustainable tourism involves increasingly attracting visitors while preserving the natural capital of a destination for future generations. To foster tourism while protecting sensitive environ‐ ments, coastal managers, tourism operators, and other decision‐makers benefit from information about where tourists go and which aspects of the natural and built environment draw them to particular locations. Yet this information is often lacking at management‐relevant scales and in remote places. We tested and applied methods using social media as data on tourism in The Bahamas.
February 26, 2021
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Researchers used to need to scuba dive to find out which fish live in any given area of the ocean.
February 26, 2021
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Last week Australia joined a new alliance of 40 countries pledging to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030 from pollution, overfishing, climate change and other environmental threats.
February 26, 2021
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Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) was invited to present the findings from their ecological survey on the Ngermedellim Marine Sanctuary. The PICRC presentation...focused on explaining the process of the ecological survey in the waters of Melekeok, as well as what the findings were...P
February 25, 2021
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Australia announced on Wednesday that it would step up in the fight to protect the world’s oceans from pollution, overfishing and changing climates, officially joining an ocean preservation coalition of close to 40 nations. Australia has now joined the likes of France, United Arab Emir