Countries at the UN have agreed to start formal negotiations on a new 'legally binding instrument' to conserve the biological riches of the high seas that cover 45% of planet Earth, and ensure their sustainable use for the benefit of all mankind.
… UN talks begin on a new law to save our oceans The Ecologist | 30th January 2015 News Oceans UK Law Fishing Mining Biodiversity … could lead to new laws to address many of the oceans most severe problems, including …
Australia's governments and mining giant Adani have announced the go ahead for a mega mine - despite the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) warnings over climate change and the likely impact on the Great Barrier Reef. MAXINE NEWLANDS reports
… Australian Government and UNESCO are Oceans Apart on Climate Change and the Great … World Environment Day (June 5 th ) and World Oceans Day (June 8 th ). World Ocean Day which first started nearly 10 years …
Damage caused by deep-seabed mining would be extensive and irreversible, says new report.
… Deep Sea Mining Endangered Species Oceans Marine Conservation Marine Life … ecosystems to disturbance the ability of the ocean floor to recover from mining impacts. The role of the ocean in regulating the climate, the societal …
Deep-sea ecosystems under threat from an emerging ocean industry.
… ecosystems under threat from an emerging ocean industry. If you ask someone to describe … ecosystems under threat from an emerging ocean industry… and virtually no-one knows … types of mineral resources on the deep-ocean floor: potato-sized manganese nodules, …
Deep sea drilling will soon commence in the rough waters off the NZ coast. This could mark the beginning of an oil rush in which democratic process, public concern, environmental protection and safety considerations are all swept aside.
… OIl Spill Fossil Fuels New Zealand Greenpeace Ocean shutterstock_132599048.jpg Deep sea … leaving ever greater expanses of the Arctic Ocean ice free. With a tragic inevitability, … Zealand, notoriously rough seas and the deep ocean will test the limits of drilling …
A project to mine 225,000 acres of seabed in Baja California's San Ignacio lagoon threatens the myriad sea life of the area, writes Haydée Rodríguez: not just Gray whales but Blues, Humpbacks and Loggerhead turtles, from noise, disturbance and radioactive releases.
… Haydée Rodríguez | 12th June 2015 News Oceans Mining Cetaceans Mexico … into the sea. The sediments returning to the ocean may contain high levels of toxic … chance to prove itself a wise guardian of the oceans In September 2014, Odyssey presented …
Britain has exported more than 50 tonnes of shark fins, according to Greenpeace UK.
… to Spain since 2017. Will McCallum, head of oceans at Greenpeace UK, said: "Many people … majestic predator that's vital to life in our oceans. "With tens of millions of sharks being … and also at the UN for a strong Global Ocean Treaty which will help shark populations …
With Papua New Guinea giving the go-ahead to a Canadian mining company to dredge its coastal seabed for minerals, new species of life could be extinct before they have even been discovered. Tom Levitt reports
… life first evolved on earth (Image: National Oceanography Centre) With Papua New Guinea … of digging up the seabed one mile beneath the ocean surface to extract mineral-rich deposits … Professor Paul Tyler, from the National Oceanography Centre at Southampton University. …
Tuna industry showing disregard for consumers and future sustainability of fish stocks, according to Greenpeace
… Sustainable Food And Farming News Overfishing Oceans Lidl Greenpeace News … in a trail of destruction’ said Greenpeace oceans campaigner Nina Thuellen. ‘Tuna … manmade objects floated on the surface of the ocean to attract fish – as the driving factor …
Breathable air, healthy soil, fresh water and the stability of our climate all rely on our planetary life-support systems – like rainforests and oceans – being healthy.
… Species Traffic Survival International Oceana Marine Conservation … life-support systems – like rainforests and oceans – being healthy. We may not be able to … and started valuing rainforests and oceans as essential biological treasures to be …
Global campaign demands that waters beyond national jurisdictions are safeguarded for future generations.
… 2020 News Deep Sea Mining Generations Ocean Marine Life Mining Thought Leaders underwater-water-sea-sea-life-light-ocean-fish-79950.jpg Global campaign demands … national jurisdiction (comprising the seabed, ocean floor and subsoil, excluding the water …
David Attenborough is one of Britain's most trusted and loved voices in relation to ecology and the natural environment. Here DAMIAN KAHYA of the UNEARTHED team at Greenpeace interviews him at home about optimism, climate change and Blue Planet II
… delighted and saddened by his return to the oceans. “It wasn’t until the 50s that I first … he has been writing is about how the oceans are changing. One change he has noticed … in the making, visits every continent and ocean. It promises new filming techniques, …
Brazil has suffered its biggest ever industrial disaster, write Ana Luisa Naghettini & Geraldo Lopes. Breached and overflowing dams have released a massive slug of toxic muds and tailings from iron mining into the country's fifth largest river system that provides drinking water for downstream cities, destroying ecosystems in rivers and vast areas of biologically fragile ocean.
… rivers and vast areas of biologically fragile ocean. Exactly two weeks ago, on 5th November, … of the Doce river, which reaches the Atlantic ocean in the coastal region of Espírito Santo … half of the Southern portion of the Atlantic Ocean is compromised and will function poorly …
Activists close almost 50 square miles of the Dogger Bank protected area in the North Sea to all destructive bottom trawling.
… area. Failure Chris Thorne, a Greenpeace UK oceans campaigner, said from on board the … Government continues to call itself a ‘global ocean champion’ when it leaves its own seas at … they allow supposedly protected parts of our oceans to be destroyed. “We have carefully and …
As the Arctic ice retreats, a fragile but resource-rich landscape replete with oil, minerals, fish and islands is opening up, writes Conn Hallinan. A new land-rush is on, and it could all lead to war. But it can be avoided provided states respect the rule of law and build on existing regimes of cooperation to protect the precious Arctic environment.
… | 25th November 2014 News Arctic Politics Oceans Oil Mining Law arctic-walrus-cut.jpg As … Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. It would be the last that the 19th … Lemonosov Ridge , which divides the Arctic Ocean into two basins and runs under the Pole, …
Russia and the US are leading the scramble for oil and gas in the Arctic, but Gulf of Mexico pollution highlights danger of oil spills say campaigners
… gas extraction is not possible in the Arctic Ocean Russia and the US are leading the … of oil and gas could lie beneath the Arctic Ocean. They say this is simply a ‘best guess’ … As the melting Arctic ice cap opens a new ocean to the world, governments and private …
Reporting from the frontline of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at those who fight the abuse of marine environments.
… Wasley | 1st June 2009 Activism Overfishing Oceans Fish Andre Wasley Greenpeace … alarm about the shocking state of the world’s oceans. In The End of the Line, former … it isn’t. If we care for the future of our oceans we urgently need to support those …
Brexit and Covid-19 crisis is an opportunity to restore UK fish levels.
… jointly with the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research and the University of British … of Brexit and Covid-19." Chris Thorne, an oceans campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said: "Our … a chance to recover and ensure that the UK's oceans can thrive, which will help support our …
Greenpeace are calling for a curb on Arctic oil exploration in order to save this fragile wilderness
… action to stop oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean (Image: Peter Prokosch/UNEP - … changed COMMENT Arctic special Why Arctic Ocean oil drilling is a risky choice It's not …
'The natural world is collapsing because of how we live and we will go with it unless we act now.'
… urgently change the way we use the land and oceans to end this war against nature," he … soy production and the exploitation of the oceans. He urged the UK Government to restore … peatlands, plant millions of trees, provide ocean sanctuaries around the coasts and …
The fossil fuel industry knew about climate risks earlier than previously thought.
… rates of equilibration with carbonate of the oceans may ultimately prove of considerable … by natural carbon sinks such as forests, oceans, and how much was being emitted into … the effect of terrestrial plants, of surface ocean water, and of the burning of coal and …
Bottom trawling could be prohibited in four English offshore marine protected areas, including Dogger Bank.
… into action,” he said. Chris Thorne, an oceans campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said … scale needed to solve the crisis facing our oceans,” he said. Sandy Luk, chief executive … scale needed to solve the crisis facing our oceans. …
Greenpeace planning ‘boulder barrier’ in Cornish marine protected zone.
… resort”. Biodiversity “The future of the UK’s oceans is hanging in the balance, and we’re … with the first day of the UN’s Global Ocean Treaty Negotiations, which aims to agree … to protect 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030, a target agreed by more than …
Scientists mapping the effects of deforestation in the Amazon are increasingly concerned that we are reaching a tipping point – when the forest will start to die back of its own accord and rain, currently generated by the Amazon forests, will stop falling, not just in neighbouring countries but as far afield as the United States and South Africa.
… in transportation to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Opening up waterways and constructing … sweep close to the surface of the tropical ocean, from Africa to Brazil, are crucial to the process. When passing over the warm ocean the winds pick up massive quantities of …