The tiny Pacific Islands nation Niue has unveiled an unusual plan to mitigate the impacts of climate change: it is asking sponsors to purchase small areas of its ocean territory to fund conservation efforts. Niue’s premier, Dalton Tagelagi, revealed details of the Ocean Conservation Commitments (OCC) programme on Tuesday (19 September 2023) in New York. Companies […]
Boatfolk’s Portland Marina has announced a new partnership to deliver a message of marine conservation to young people across the country. The partnership, between marina charity Clean Jurassic Coast (CJC) and marathon swimmer Chloë McCardel’s Channel Queen charter business, aims to deliver marine and conservation education programs to thousands of young people over the next […]
A new report by wildlife conservation charity, Fauna & Flora, reveals growing evidence of the risks associated with deep-seabed mining, and concludes that its negative impacts are likely to be ‘extensive and irreversible’. Deep-seabed mining is the proposed process of retrieving mineral deposits from the deep seabed. Despite widespread concern that it could severely damage […]
Conservation groups have expressed disappointment after the UK government confirmed it has dropped two of the five ‘highly protected marine areas’ originally proposed. A statement published by the government on Tuesday (28 February) confirms the three new sites being taken forward will be designated before 6 July 2023. These sites are Allonby Bay (Irish Sea), […]
A new campaign is helping sailors do their part to tackle climate change by digitally mapping sensitive seabeds and eco-moorings across boating hotspots around the world. The global ‘#protectourbeds´ campaign, organised between non-profit Clean Sailors, the Ocean Conservation Trust and navigation app Savvy Navvy, aims to stop vital seagrass being destroyed. This can be done […]