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The Blue Charter maps out efforts to protect oceans and marine environments throughout the Commonwealth, from threats such as climate change, pollution and over fishing.Click on the link below to read the full article.

UNESCO"s World Heritage Marine Programme was invited to participate in the Monaco Blue Initiative to share and update on how the world"s flagship marine protected areas secure effective management amidst a rapidly changing climate.Click on the link below to read the full article.

A new report has revealed about the world"s worst plastic polluted land mass on the Earth... Recently, on the occasion of the Earth Day 2018, the place was highlighted to make people aware of the ill effects of plastic pollution.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Sustained observations of marine biodiversity and ecosystems focused on specific conservation and management problems are needed around the world to effectively mitigate or manage changes resulting from anthropogenic pressures. Click on the link below to access the full paper.

Fiji is set to lose $2.4 billion per annum from 2050 onwards as a result of our depleting marine ecosystem.Click on the link below to read the full story. 

To safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services, designating protected areas is crucial; yet the extent to which the existing placement of protection is aligned to meet these conservation priorities is questionable, especially in the oceans. Click on the link below to access the full article.

The São Paulo University Oceanographic Institute, São Paulo, Brazil will be conducting a week-long school on ocean governance, from the13 to 25 August 2018.Click on the link below for further details.

OCEAN / MARITIME CLUSTERS: Leadership and Collaboration for Ocean Sustainable Development and Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.Click on the link below to access the full paper. 

Artist and director Jeremy McKane travels the world documenting the health of the oceans for his interactive art installation, LUCiD.Click on the link below to read the full article.

An innovative exchange of sovereign debt for marine conservation, backed by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, could pave the way to saving large swaths of the world"s oceans.Click on the link below to read the full story.