Marine Reserves

How an instagram hashtag is inspiring thousands to protect the oceans

Posted by Samantha Wockner - 9th July 2019
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Left to right. Top: © Quentin Blake, © Margaux Carpentier, © Nina Cosford Middle: © Tom Cole, © Charlie Adlard, © Gemma Correll Bottom: © Kate Isobel Scott, © Marcus Walters, © Fábio Moon

If you follow artists and illustrators on Instagram, it is likely you’ve come across the #DrawThisInYourStyle challenge, where artists recreate others illustrations in their own unique style.  Now the hashtag is being used to help bring to life a small, unique and unknown part of the… Read More

What if we treated our oceans like they matter?

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 12th April 2019
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The seas provide half of our oxygen, and food for a billion people. Let’s give them the protection they deserve. Under the restless surface of our seas, hundreds of miles from land, there’s a world of giants and hunters; ancient lifeforms and lost cities. These waters beyond national borders are… Read More

Do ocean sanctuaries really work?

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 10th April 2019
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All rights reserved. Credit: Will Rose / Greenpeace

Our oceans are massive and unlike most places on land, they don’t really have borders. Animals, water (and sadly now plastic) all move freely across our global oceans. Because of this, some people have asked if ocean sanctuaries are an effective way of protecting our… Read More

Hands off the Antarctic!

Posted by Louisa Casson - 17th October 2018
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Last night, Thom Yorke’s new song, written exclusively for Greenpeace’s campaign to Protect the Antarctic, boomed around central London, accompanying stunning projection that brought the Antarctic Ocean to Marble Arch. This visual feast of penguins, whales and seals lit up this London landmark – and… Read More

On ocean protection the UK government just listened to science!

Posted by Louisa Casson - 5th October 2018
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A Humpback whale breaks the surface as it heads south to Antarctica for the summer.

It’s all too rare to see governments making decisions that are actually in line with science. But September ended very well. The UK government announced its support for protecting 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030. That’s the level of ambition that scientists tell us is… Read More

What a Global Ocean Treaty means—and why it matters to all of us

Posted by Louisa Casson - 17th September 2018
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A Humpback whale breaks the surface as it heads south to Antarctica for the summer.

We have paddled the first nautical miles of a long voyage. The first meeting at the United Nations’ headquarters about a treaty to protect all the oceans which lie beyond national borders is coming to an end. It’s been two weeks of political meetings, origami turtles, too many… Read More