Apr 22, 2021
Happy Earth Day 2021!
A day to celebrate our biocultural diversity, our ability to learn from each others experiences and share our values and visions to become the creators of the change we…
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Apr 22, 2021
Save the Date for the High Level Launch of the Ocean Decade and Ocean Decade Laboratories
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO would be delighted to welcome you to the virtual High-Level Launch…
It has been a strong demand from the Pacific in the preparation phase of the UN Decade ‘Ocean Science for Sustainable Development’: the integration of Indigenous knowledge. Not an…
Apr 20, 2021
Bren Smith: Eat like a fish
‘In the face of apocalyptic climate change, a former fisherman shares a bold and hopeful new vision for saving the planet: farming the ocean. Here Bren Smith—pioneer of regenerative…
Apr 20, 2021
The cultural and spiritual significance of nature
The IUCN has published Guidelines for protected and conserved area governance and management, in which social support from people who have significant relationships to land and place is given…
Apr 17, 2021
Bring your snorkel to the Cannes underwater museum
At the beginning of 2021, an underwater museum opened in Cannes. In an area cleaned from marine debris like old engines and pipelines, artist Jason deCaires Taylor created space…
Apr 14, 2021
Put marine ecosystems at the heart of climate policy
In an open letter to world leaders, the Environmental Justice Foundation demands marine ecosystems to be put at the heart of climate policy. Okeanos Foundation for the Sea, alongside…
Apr 6, 2021
Micronesian Student in Mariana Trench
What does the floor in the deepest part of our oceans look like? Only a handful of people are able to answer that question. One of them is Nicole…
Never before in over 1000 years the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as Gulf Stream System, has been as weak as in the last decades. This is…
Although almost three quarters of our planet are covered by water bodies and oceans are the largest ecosystem on earth, humans are largely terrestrial beings. While we slowly realize…