So proud of my HSA family for this prize ! Never doubt that a group of committed advocates can change the world…
Or at lead the ocean !
The High Seas Treaty led by @HighSeasAllianc has won The Earthshot Prize to Revive Our Oceans for its historic work to protect over 60% of our oceans.
Thanks to their work, the world is coming together to protect and secure the future of our oceans.
#EarthshotRio
After 8 years of discussion, countries agree on a way forward for ecologically and biologically significant areas in marine and coastal ecosystems. Hard won & important progress #CBDCOP16 #NatureIsAlsoBlue. Though the work to protect many of these areas has only just begun. #BBNJ
Reasons to care about the mesopelagic zone … really amazing animas,
largest daily migration of species on the planet, food for other fish and bring carbon to the deep sea @OurOcean #COP16Cali @Oceans_North and also the amazing anglerfish !
This initiative adds to a growing transatlantic network of protected areas and OECMs within EEZs and on the high seas. @Oceans_North @HighSeasAllianc
🌊 The Azores is leading with the 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰.
This area was designed to benefit people, nature, and the economy.
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@WaittInstitute
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Ever wanted to see what 40 or 50,000 pounds of Capelin looks like?
Well now you have.
This picture was taken in Chance Cove, and locals are saying they’ve never seen anything like it in approximately 70 years.
📸 Bertha Hann
#NLwx
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If you're attending @FAO's Committee On Fisheries (#COFI36) in Rome, join our own Katie Schleit at 2:10 PM today and learn all about the ways the Climate Risk Index for Biodiversity can be used in management:
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Our new study in @npjOceanSustain evaluates #ClimateChange impacts on marine life in Atlantic Canada and how it could support sustainable fisheries in a rapidly warming world.
With: @FOME_lab @Nuestracr @cbcoceansguy @Oceans_North
Read it here -> rdcu.be/dLSpk
We have amazing corals off Nova Scotia ! Protecting these ecosystems means more healthy fish habitat, plus really cool ocean creatures. #GullyMPAat20 @DFO_MAR @DiLebouthillier @Oceans_North
#GullyMPAat20 thanks to the @DFO_MAR team for all the work protecting biodiversity @DiLebouthillier @s_guilbeault. The 1st #deepsea #MPA @DeepSeaConserve @SeaBlueCanada
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The creation of Torngat Mountains National Park set a precedent for Inuit-led protection.
Announced today, @NunatsiavutGov & @ParksCanada completed a feasibility assessment toward an Inuit Protected Area near Torngat Mountains NP as part of @imappivut:
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#Seychelles has ratified the United Nations Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty, also known as the #HighSeas Treaty or the #BBNJ treaty. @SeyNewsAgency @AOSISChair @SeyCCAT @SOAlliance @HighSeasAllianc – at Brooklyn, NY
Marine protection: Seychelles ratifies High Seas Treaty seychellesnewsagency.com/art…
Today #Canada will be the 88th country to sign the #BBNJ treaty. Let’s hope this accelerates ratification & real action on high seas protection. @HighSeasAllianc @Oceans_North & thanks @DiLebouthillier for making the effort !!
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🎉Today we celebrate 1️⃣ year from the agreement of the #HighSeasTreaty!
Since then, 8️⃣ 7️⃣ countries signed and 2️⃣ 🇵🇼🇨🇱 ratified the Treaty, leading the #RaceForRatification.
📢 World leaders, protect the global ocean by ratifying the #HighSeasTreaty now.
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Big news: a new step announced by
@Mushkegowuk & @ParksCanada towards an NMCA for the home of Omushkego Cree and a globally significant marine ecosystem, western Weeneebeg (James Bay) and southwestern Washaybeyoh (Hudson Bay).
oceansnorth.org/en/blog/2024…
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Chile just became the first country to ratify the new #HighSeasTreaty. But 🇨🇦 has yet to sign, let alone ratify it. "If [Canada's] seen as a laggard in signing and in treaty ratification, they lose the opportunity to meaningfully engage," says @sdfuller. nationalobserver.com/2023/11…
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Draft text from #COP28 dropped this morning at 5am. Here's a look at where we stand on the push for this set of UN climate talks to deliver global agreement to phaseout fossil fuels and scale up renewables and efficiency:
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Truth takes time to come into light, finally this one is. As we are in a race against dangerous global warming, we need to accelerate the awaking to more of these truths hidden by organizations with vested interests
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When the Mayor of @CBRMGov welcomes people to #CEPI conference on #Etuaptmumk holding her child, it feels like the some of the changes we need are starting.
