20 December, 2024
Nexus Report is available now
A landmark new report was launched on 17 December 2024 by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The Assessment Report on the Interlinkages Among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health – known as the Nexus Report – offers decision-makers around the world the …
20 December, 2024
Re-watch EMB Science webinar on: “Distribution models and habitat mapping for the application of an ecosystem approach to management”
On Thursday 19 December 2024, EMB hosted its 44th Third Thursday Science Webinar featuring José Manuel González-Irusta who presented the topic of “Distribution models and habitat mapping for the application of an ecosystem approach to management”. This webinar is linked to EMB’s Future Science Brief …
20 December, 2024
EMB Policy Brief No. 12: Requirements on Coastal Resilience in Europe is available now!
Coastal systems face increasing and interacting pressures due to climate change and various human activities. Building resilience of coastal ecosystems and human communities is essential for them to persist, adapt or transform whilst maintaining their essential functions, and to safeguard life, ecosystems and economies. EMB …
18 December, 2024
A Voice for Inhambane
Mozambique’s Inhambane Seascape is a global hotspot for marine biodiversity under threat from illegal sand mining and offshore drilling. These extractive activities would devastate its vital ecosystems of mangrove forests, coastal dunes, rocky beaches, seagrass meadows, coral reefs, lagoons and pristine white sand beaches. Speak …
18 December, 2024
Of Sea: Praising Marine Fauna
Of Sea is a book of 46 poems that celebrates the creatures that live beneath, beside and near the water – in wetlands, salt marshes and the intertidal zone. The poems are titled with the name of an invertebrate, followed by a poetic portrait of …
18 December, 2024
The World’s Kelp Needs Our Help
Twelve of the world’s leading marine biologists, oceanographers, and sea kelp specialists have co-authored an open-letter calling on leaders and policy makers from across the globe to create new and better protections for kelp forests around the world. The letter calls for strong political action …
17 December, 2024
The Blue Thread Webinar recording is available!
First launched as an initiative to connect Venetian artisans committed to sustainability prior to the Ocean Literacy World Conference in Venice in June 2024, the Blue Thread is now going global: it aims to recognize and celebrate individuals, organizations, and businesses that actively promote the …
17 December, 2024
Speed of Rust
Speed of Rust is a WaterBear Original that highlights the global issue of rusting, abandoned ships that threaten our marine environment. Organisations such as NGO Shipbreaking Platform and Greenpeace have urged policymakers and industry leaders to take action and demonstrate their commitment to safe and …
17 December, 2024
The Animal Sensemaker Podcast
Episode nine of the Animal Sensemaker is out now. The podcast features one animal each week to make sense of the world through stories of remarkable survival. This week, the focus is on the humpback whale – one of the planet’s largest species. When marine …
17 December, 2024
Spain’s First Marine National Park
Spain has established its first all-marine national park around the island of El Hierro, the farthest south west of the Canary Islands. The new national park, which covers more than 24,000 hectares, will become a sanctuary for a rich array of marine life found nowhere …