A picture of a whale shark with the text happy World Ocean Day next to it

Happy World Ocean Day!

This #WOD I spend on the train travelling to Nice for the #UNOceanConference.

You can feel momentum building for ocean protection and for bringing the funding gap for conservation.

Such an exciting time to be here! I really feel the time is ripe for some #oceanoptimism

Yay, abstract submission for #EEA2025 #shark #science conference is now open.

Who will I see in #Rotterdam this October

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social @taotaotasi.bsky.social @saveourseas.bsky.social

So nice to see this work on converting abandoned rice fields back into mangroves, from my colleagues in Guinea-Bissau, getting the recognition it deserves!

You can learn all about it in this short video that was launched at last week in Abu Dhabi

youtu.be/vZFDFyziVeo?...

In Kenya, a river restoration initiative pays for itself, and then some NAIROBI —  The water supply for Nairobi’s five million people — and four million others besides — depends on the Tana river, which flows for 1,000 km from the Aberdare mountains to the Indian Ocean. T...

The Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund was established in 2015, drawing money from corporations and government to pay for watershed restoration and reforestation of this vital resource.

But obstacles include building up expert knowledge of nature-based solutions by officials in the water sector.

Read:

Good to know that @whysharksmatter.bsky.social is as out of touch with the kids in shark conservation as I am!
#EEA2024
#thepricesbride
#inconceivable

It was quite confrontational to find out that there was a clear correlation between age and the being able to recognise this meme....

Opening plenary session in the Silk Road convention center Samarkand

Fabulous all female panel on Angel conservation and management!

At #CMScop14 in Uzbekistan this week to discuss the urgent need to enhance conservation of migratory species. Today's UN-report on the decline of these species show this cannot wait: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Lots of #shark discounts today!

🦑 🦤 🦈 #conservation

For my fisheries friends, another reason to not get so myopically focused on I(UU) fishing. There is plenty of legal (or, at least, not illegal) destructive/overexploitative fishing out there. It's been an effort to start looking at our campaign planning & communications language to check ourselves.

Study Finds Staggering Economic Benefit From Protecting Wetlands • The Revelator For example, in Florida, the loss of just 3% of wetland coverage resulted in $480 million in property damage during just one hurricane.

“For example, in Florida, the loss of just 3% of wetland coverage resulted in $480 million in property damage during just one hurricane.” 🌎 therevelator.org/economic-val...

Awesome win for marine conservation in the UK today!

Do carbon credits really help communities that keep forests standing? This is the second article in our five-part series on forest carbon credits and the voluntary market. Read Part One. Part Three, Part Four and Part Five will be published later this month. SEN MONOROM...

Here's the 2nd article in a new 5-part series on carbon credits, climate & the voluntary carbon market 🌎

Our @john-cannon.bsky.social writes that REDD+ projects often aim to benefit local communities, but they have also reportedly caused abuses and rights violations recently:

Oceanograaf David Ho: 'Klimaatstrijd heeft disruptieve actie nodig' Aan de vooravond van COP28 hekelt de oceanograaf dat zeker fossiele bedrijven te veel invloed hebben op politici.

I said some things…

Political inaction on climate is because there is a time scale mismatch between election cycles and tangible results of climate policies. We need politicians who think about humanity and the living world instead of the next election.

Another lesson is that you can't flirt with these parties as the right and centrist parties were doing in our elections. They were playing with fire they could not control.
Their stance basically made it look OK to vote for Wilders.