Posts Tagged ‘30by30’
Women are Making the Arnavon Islands Community Marine Park Stronger
By Lindsay Brubaker, Blue Parks Intern Featured Image: Arnavon Community Marine Park, © Robert Taupongi What does conservation look like without women? Research demonstrates that conservation efforts are more likely to succeed when women are involved, but in Melanesia, men are traditionally seen as the head of the household and as decision makers, so for years…
Read MoreMeet the 2021 Blue Park Award nominees, and help us evaluate them!
Blue Park Awards are given to outstanding marine protected areas (MPAs) that are helping to safeguard life in the sea. Nominees for the award go through a rigorous assessment using Blue Parks science-based criteria. They are the MPAs that are in the right places, with the right rules, and the right management to effectively protect…
Read MoreTen Triumphs from 2020
In a year of bleak headlines, here are our favorite newsworthy highlights to rekindle your hope for the ocean in 2021 No doubt about it: this has been a year of exhausting news. From the ongoing global pandemic to nerve-wracking threats to marine protections both globally (such as the Chinese fishing fleet amassed just outside…
Read MoreEarth is Talking and We Must Listen: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
For many of us, the past ten months have felt more like several years. The COVID-19 pandemic turned lives upside-down and put the health and well-being of people at risk across the globe. Stark changes to daily routines, new stressors, and the seemingly never-ending stream of news updates make it feel like this state of…
Read MoreA Glimmer of Hope for Ailing Seas; Scientists publish a timeline for turning the tide on marine ecosystem degradation
By Sebastian Nicholls, Blue Parks Ambassador. “What we do in the next ten years will profoundly impact the next few thousand.” – Sir David Attenborough Since 1956, scientists have provided evidence of mounting anthropogenic climate change.[1] The mounting evidence tells a clear and scientifically certain story: human actions are degrading the planet’s living…
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