Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
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Philippe Le Billon retweeted
New Report with @cpluscp and @3rdworldnetwork: Exporting Extinction: How the International Financial System Constrains Biodiverse Futures!
Read it here: bit.ly/extinction-report
What can the WTO Fisheries Subsidies agreement achieve through its Article 5.1? sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
"@DrRashidSumaila was awarded the 2023 @TylerPrize jointly with @UBCOceans professor Dr. Daniel Pauly, for their research & efforts to ban fishing on the high seas...
(Dr. Sumaila) is concerned about the impacts of deep sea mining."
ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-students… @SeaAroundUs @ubcSPPGA
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
Latest study on China's distant water fishing fleet and its impacts in South America with Isabella Montecalvo @plebillon & @milkorockmar sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
New paper on Chinese fleets and the geopolitics of high seas fishing authors.elsevier.com/a/1gswd…
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
READ: Foreign ownership of fishing vessels, ex. Spanish & Chinese, to West African nations is linked to a higher likelihood of committing illegal fishing and other infractions, says @Oceana-supported study: bit.ly/3UyUL9Z
@dyhiapadilla @plebillon @FrontMarineSci #IUU
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
The World Can’t Keep Fishing Like This: The world can't keep fishing like this: "Strong rules in a W.T.O. agreement could eliminate harmful subsidies while tackling the use of forced labor on fishing vessels": nytimes.com/2022/06/12/opini…
To fight illegal fishing in the Galapagos, Ecuador turns to Canadian satellite and sensing technology | CBC News cbc.ca/news/world/galapagos-…
Sand Mining: Stopping the grind of unregulated supply chains... new review article authors.elsevier.com/c/1evcc…
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
New IUU research journal article - Belhabib, D., & Le Billon, P. (2022) Fish crimes in the global oceans. Science Advances, 8(12), eabj1927. (Open Access)
A very comprehensive piece of research by my ex-UBC colleague @dyhiapadilla and @plebillon
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
“What emboldened Putin was not only petroleum flows, but the herd behavior in financial markets,” @70sBachchan writes.
Brilliant review of new book by @rupert_russell + work by @yaneerbaryam, @cullenhendrix.
prospect.org/culture/books/h…
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
🆕 TBTI book!
Blue Justice: Small-Scale Fisheries in a Sustainable Ocean Economy
Edited by S. Jentoft, R. Chuenpagdee, A. Bugeja Said & M. Isaacs
#BlueJustice #SocialJustice #SmallScaleFisheries #SSFGuidelines #BlueEconomy #Governance #IYAFA2022
➡️ toobigtoignore.net/blue-just…
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
My take on why the Shell, BP and Exxon exits from Russian oil should prompt the industry to abandon its affairs with kleptocrats, in @ForeignPolicy today.
foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/04…
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
Flags of convenience make it much more difficult to catch those responsible for illegal fishing, and the human rights abuses and environmental destruction it often involves.
It's time for reform. Read our report: ejfoundation.org/reports/off…
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
Harmful fisheries subsidies undermine benefits that sustainably managed wild fisheries provide, argues a new #LetterToScience: "World Trade Organization members have a...opportunity [in November]...to reach an agreement that eliminates [these] subsidies." fcld.ly/p35mq2q
Philippe Le Billon retweeted
#BREAKING: New Oceana-supported study of illegal fishing's root causes finds that enforcement disproportionately criminalizes #smallscalefishers while letting industrial fishers off the hook.
By @dyhiapadilla @plebillon @NathanJBennett in @NatureHumBehav
Global supply agreement could address collapsing oil markets and climate concerns : policyoptions.irpp.org/magaz…