President Tommy Remengesau Jr. announced on Wednesday the postponement of Our Ocean Conference previously scheduled in Koror in December to 2021. Outgoing president Remengesau said he is still happy that Palau will still be able to host the event next year.
A Canterbury University law professor is calling for New Zealand to adopt a 'national oceans policy' and embrace a 'clean blue' image.
World leaders have pledged to clamp down on pollution, embrace sustainable economic systems and eliminate the dumping of plastic waste in oceans by the middle of the century as part of “meaningful action” to halt the destruction of nature on Earth...To restore the balance with nature, governments
The WCEL Webinar "Are Multilateral Environmental Agreements effective for ocean conservation in the Asia-Pacific Region?" assessed the status of implementing ocean-related MEAs in the Asia-Pacific region.
Canada has joined an international group of nearly two dozen other countries working to protect the world's oceans. The Global Ocean Alliance, founded by Great Britain last year, seeks to protect 30 per cent of the world's oceans by 2030. "Working in partnership is the only way we're go
There are many challenges that are top-of-mind when we think about ocean conservation. And science is perhaps the most crucial part of decoding these challenges. It underlies a lot of the innovation we need to save the ocean.
Preparations for our Oceans 2020 Conference in August of this year will continue until further notice, according to information released yesterday by Our Oceans 2020 Steering Committee...Should the global situation continue, the Committee said that the conference may be postponed but to a later d
Our oceans are in dire need of protection and proper management – solutions are around, but must be implemented correctly. Healthy oceans are an essential resource and support system for life on Earth, including humans.
Solomon Islands and Fiji are expected to benefit from the One Ocean Hub (OOH) research program that recently began work in the Pacific.
Participants at the 2020 UN Ocean Conference Preparatory Meeting highlighted the importance of a healthy ocean in implementing and achieving the SDGs and stressed that 2020 must be a year of concrete action for the ocean. The 2020 Ocean Conference is one of the first milestones of the UN Sec
