Fishing communities create marine refugees to protect Chile’s biodiversity
In Chile’s Valparaíso region, artisanal fishers have created grassroots marine reserves to protect marine biodiversity.
Concerns, Impatience over Mining World’s seabeds
https://www.voanews.com/a/concerns-impatience-over-mining-world-s-seabeds-/6969515.html
The prospect of large-scale mining to extract valuable minerals from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, once a distant vision, has grown more real, raising alarms among the oceans’ most fervent defenders.
High Seas Treaty critical to achieving 30% global ocean protection goal
https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=300873
WWF is urging countries to finalize a new global agreement for the two-thirds of the ocean that is largely unprotected and overexploited, as talks over the last 15 years are anticipated to conclude in a ‘High Seas Treaty’ over the next few weeks.
UN ocean treaty talks: “Life support system of our planet”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/19/un-ocean-treaty-talks-resume-with-goal-to-save-biodiversity
The aim of United Nations meetings is to produce a unified agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of vast marine ecosystems.
New school at ASU paves the way to help the students dive into ocean sciences
Arizona isn’t the first place most people think of when considering the ocean, but a new school at ASU is pushing the limit of what’s possible for students.