Posts by Marine Conservation Institute
How Are We Doing Protecting 30 Percent of Ocean Areas by 2030? – Q&A with Beth Pike of Marine Protection Atlas
Podcast By Marine Conservation Institute | September 12, 2024 Closing the Gap: Beth Pike Unveils the Real Challenges in Ocean Conservation Efforts In this compelling Q&A, Beth Pike, Director of the Marine Protection Atlas at Marine Conservation Institute, dives into the urgent global effort to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030. Drawing from her recent…
Read MoreReviving Communities of Beings: The Interwoven History and Future of Indigenous Marine Conservation
Article By Sabrina Croft | September 6, 2024 Marine conservation has a storied history. The first use of the term MPA, referring to marine protected area, emerged internationally from the 1962 World Conference on National Parks organized by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Seattle, though the 1935 founding of the Floridian…
Read MoreProtecting the Manatees
Article By Alex Barnard | August 23, 2024 Jimmy Buffett once said, “You can’t but help like a manatee. And their only predators are people who aren’t aware of the problem.” That ‘problem’ is manatees’ survival. There are three manatee species (West Indian, West African, and Amazonian), and all are vulnerable to extinction. Predominantly, the threats…
Read MoreDiving Deep in the Race to Mine the Sea
Article By Emma Denes | August 22, 2024 Extracting mineral deposits from the seafloor is a controversial practice — so controversial that it hasn’t even started yet. Earlier this month, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) — the United Nations organization in charge of mineral resource activities in ocean floor waters beyond any one coastal country’s jurisdiction…
Read MoreYouth Advocates for Our Ocean
Article By Camila Rimoldi Ibanez | August 08, 2024 This past April, I joined over 3,000 people from different backgrounds, nationalities, career fields and ages uniting at the Our Ocean Conference in Athens, Greece as part of a delegation with EarthEcho International. This special event united the ocean conservation community with its annual focus on…
Read MoreUrban Diving in the Cape of Good Hope MPAs
Article By Brian Palmer | August 02, 2024 When planning to go diving, cities do not immediately come to mind. More likely, one envisions a remote tropical island, or a boat far away from any land. Cities, on the other hand, are associated with threats like over-fishing and pollution, and do not inspire suiting up…
Read MoreHow Everglades National Park Unintentionally Saved the Smalltooth Sawfish
Article By Elijah Winger | July 25, 2024 It may come as no surprise that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can provide crucial protections for endangered species. After all, the express goal of an MPA is to protect biodiversity. One such MPA may be the reason why a captivating and exceptionally endangered species of ray persists…
Read MoreReport: Governments Falling Short on Promises of Effective Biodiversity Protection
A new analysis of the world’s largest 100 marine protected areas (MPAs) published today in Conservation Letters suggests that governments are falling short on delivering the promise of effective biodiversity protection due to slow implementation of management strategies and failure to restrict the most impactful activities.
Read More2024 Blue Park Award Winners Announced at 9th Our Ocean Conference
Three marine protected areas (MPAs) won prestigious Blue Park Awards today at the 9th Our Ocean Conference. Tristan da Cunha (UK), Gitdisdzu Lugyeks Marine Protected Area (Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation), and Siete Pecados Marine Park (Philippines) earned the awards in recognition of exceptional marine biodiversity conservation; they join a growing network of 30 awarded Blue Parks around the global ocean that have met the highest science-based standards for conservation effectiveness.
Read MoreMarine Conservation Institute Announces Key Partnership with the Edges of Earth Expedition Team to Expand the Nonprofit’s Globally-Recognized Blue Parks Initiative
Marine Conservation Institute Announces Key Partnership with the Edges of Earth Expedition Team to Expand the Nonprofit’s Globally-Recognized Blue Parks Initiative The Edges of Earth ambassadors will explore Marine Conservation Institute’s keystone marine protected areas in the Blue Parks Network to chronicle the ocean conservation success stories in key regions—above and below water. [New York,…
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