Tanzania’s marine reserves offer long-term benefits to communities, study finds Marine protected areas in Tanzania boosted living standards in nearby communities over a span of nearly 20 years, a recent study in Conservation Letters found. Near MPAs, living standards improved, an...

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Q&A: Why the world needs a better map of the ocean floor Helen Snaith is leading a huge effort to detail the poorly mapped depths. She tells Dialogue Earth all about it

🗺️ "You can’t protect what you don’t know about."

🌊 In our latest interview, @dpcressey.bsky.social speaks with senior data scientist Helen Snaith about the importance of mapping the ocean floor.

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Deep concerns? Let’s call a spade a sade - What we are witnessing is the rise of fascim in the US government. And the most surprising thing may be the lack of real public opposition to it.

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Human well-being outcomes of large-scale marine protected areas Large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs, >100,000 km2) account for over half of the global ocean under protection, yet little is known about their …

What are the social impacts of large-scale marine protected areas? We reviewed the evidence in this paper.

Better management of the social impacts of marine protected areas can lead to more equitable & effective outcomes.

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Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub
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