ocean sanctuaries

Our blue planet is under attack! With your help we can protect it.

Posted by Louisa Casson - 21st June 2019
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Next year governments at the United Nations have the opportunity to decide the fate of our global oceans. It is now time for global unity in demanding a strong and meaningful Global Ocean Treaty to protect our blue planet. Our oceans are facing more catastrophic threats than they’ve… 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

Why commercial whaling should just be found in history books

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 25th January 2019
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The Humpback whale at sea, in its natural environment.

Whales are amazing. Yet today they face a growing number of threats from us humans, from plastic pollution to climate change – so the one thing we really don’t need to be doing is killing them for profit. Commercial whaling was stopped by… Read More

Governments have failed to protect the Antarctic – but this isn’t over

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 2nd November 2018
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Over the last two weeks, a group of governments met in Hobart, Australia, to negotiate a new Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. They failed. Although 22 governments supported the sanctuary, negotiators from Russia, China and Norway stopped it from going ahead. The Russian and Chinese… Read More

Governments are deciding whether to create a huge Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary. Here’s what you need to know.

Posted by Samantha Wockner - 23rd October 2018
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What’s at stake: the largest protected area on Earth Over two weeks in late October, governments will meet in Hobart, Australia, to decide whether to create a vast Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary, covering almost two million square kilometres. If it goes ahead, it’ll be the largest protected… Read More

What does climate change mean for the Antarctic?

Posted by Louisa Casson - 8th October 2018
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Paradise Bay in the Antarctic.

When we asked people what the Antarctic makes them think of, ‘climate change’ was one of the most common answers around the world. If you Google news about the Antarctic it’s easy to see why – terrifying headlines warn about icebergs the size of Luxembourg… Read More