Uruguay wants to increase marine protection – and offshore oil mining

https://chinadialogueocean.net/en/conservation/uruguay-wants-to-increase-marine-protection-and-offshore-oil/

Experts are perplexed that areas designated priorities for protection overlap with offshore oil concessions.

Africa: High Seas Treaty needs african support to work

https://allafrica.com/stories/202303230080.html

Africa already shows innovation and leadership in ocean conservation, and countries must now push for early ratification.

MSC Foundation and IUCN announce partnership to conserve coral reefs

https://www.iucn.org/press-release/202303/msc-foundation-and-iucn-announce-partnership-conserve-coral-reefs

The MSC Foundation and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today announced a new partnership to conserve and restore threatened coral reefs.

Biden administration must accelerate ocean protection

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3914979-biden-administration-must-accelerate-ocean-protection/

With only 21 months left in his current term, President Biden’s ocean conservation accomplishments still fall far short of his rhetoric and promises.

St. Andrews lecturer awarded a prestigious fellowship in Marine Conservation

https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-andrews-lecturer-awarded-prestigious-fellowship-in-marine-conservation/

Dr Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, Lecturer in Sustainable Development with the University of St Andrews, is one of only seven conservation researchers to be named a 2023 recipient of the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation.