Palau's Organizing Committee for the Our Ocean 2020 is partnering with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in the planning for the biggest regional conference the country is going to host...the Organizing Committee along with the UNOPS will also develop an official website
Our seas are in deep, deep trouble. They house an extraordinarily diverse eco-system of marine life, and are crucial to the well being of land-based ecosystems. And as of this moment, they may as well be the Wild West for corporations and governments to pillage as they please.
Pacific civil society organisations have asked Pacific Islands Forum leaders for a 10-year moratorium on seabed mining from 2021 to 2030, to give time for more scientific data to be generated to better inform the governance and conservation of our Ocean.
A vision of remoted-operated sail drones mapping the Cook Islands is just one of the challenges ahead of the country’s new oceans champion. Link to the full article below.
Two expeditions sailed from Pearl Harbor today with a mission focused on ocean conservation.The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration celebrated its 20th anniversary of the Pacific Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program by studying our coral reefs and the potential dangers they’re facing.
The marine industrial economy has been valued at $1.5 trillion and is predicted to grow at double the rate of the rest of the global economy by 2030. A sometimes unappreciated aspect of this recent explosive industrial marine growth is that its distribution is highly uneven.
Under assault from climate change, acidification, and a plastics barrage, the oceans get a boost from the marine reserve movement. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The ocean's ill health brought people from around the Pacific together recently to share their ideas on ways to address it.Taiatea gathered modern science and indigenous knowledge together in Aotearoa New Zealand to amplify Pacific efforts to protect the ocean.
We have an opportunity to involve graduate students and scientists from the Southern Hemisphere and Pacific sector into the OceanVisions2019 - Climate Summit. The summit is centered around ocean solutions and success stories in the areas of resilience, adaptation, and s
Intense weather wracks the Pacific as Ben and the Seeker crew maneuver to avoid dangerous typhoons and tropical storms. Click on the link below to read the full article