📹New PAMO video - participatory modeling for Nature-based Solutions

🔍 Key themes covered:
→ Community collaboration along the coast
→ Participatory modeling for informed decision-making
→ Nature-based Solutions in practice

#MeerWissen

🌿 Most people know grass. Far fewer know seagrass.

Discover which ecosystem services are delivered by seagrass meadows. 🐟

👉 Watch the video to learn more

🔗 SOMWAT: tinyurl.com/k7h53krt
🔗 ORIENTATE: tinyurl.com/35n8j6ht

@awi.de @hifmb.de #MeerWissen

International Women's Day 🌊♀️💜

Seaweed farming has allowed women of the Vezo People in Madagascar to gain financial independence, while reducing strain on fish stocks.

🔗 Check out the full video here: meerwissen.org/news/improvi...

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🔎 Co-Design Deep Dive Part 4

❔What does sustainability mean in the context of co-design?
❔How do we ensure that project results live beyond completion?
❔How do we deal with data and intellectual property in a fair and just manner?

🔗Co-Design Guidance: tinyurl.com/4e6dkuym

#MeerWissen

🌊 #EuropeanOceanDays2026 are in full swing!

At the Marine Knowledge for Ocean Health session, digital twins of the ocean took centre stage: a technology the #MANCOGA project uses to simulate marine systems & support better ocean governance. 🔬

🔗 tinyurl.com/27s6c8vf

#MeerWissen

👩‍🔬 Integrating co-design into project and partnership management

Part 3 of our Co-Design Deep-Dive Series focuses on project and partnership management.

Tune in next week for part 4!

Find the details of the co-design approach here: meerwissen.org/download/58/...

#MeerWissen #UNOceanDecade

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🌳 Learn about the MANCOGA research project at #OSM26!

Helmholtz-Zentrum #Hereon experts Joanna Staneva, Douglas Vieira da Silva and Holger Brix will be presenting Digital Twins of the Ocean and Nature-based Approaches as part of the MANCOGA project.

Tune in here: tinyurl.com/3hbnw58u

#MeerWissen

🚨 📽️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁

In Madagascar, the PaMo project has produced a video to enhance local knowledge and raise awareness about provisioning ecosystem services and mitigating climate change.

🔗View it here: tinyurl.com/hp5kf7ju

#MeerWissen #UNOceanDecade #GIZMadagascar

👩‍🔬 🌊 Highlighting the contribution of women to ocean science

Mkekali Juma studies how seagrasses can help mitigate pollution by nutrient sequestration as part of the SOMWAT project.

👉Read more about her research and experience here: tinyurl.com/mr48kcp4

#MeerWissen #UNOceanDecade #IDWGS

🪸🤝Responsibility of businesses in protecting biodiversity

New @ipbes.net Report on Business and Biodiversity: Collaboration with science and Indigenous and local knowledge is needed.

👉Check out the report here: tinyurl.com/4tfebyja

#MeerWissen #IPBES12 #BizBiodiversity #OceanScience

New rationalities, inner logic, and hope for sustainable future coasts | Global Sustainability | Cambridge Core New rationalities, inner logic, and hope for sustainable future coasts - Volume 9

🏝️👩‍🔬Reflecting on how to conduct coastal research

1. Reflect on performativity of research & perceptions of neutrality in anticipating the future of coasts
2. Act equitably in global partnerships
3. Engagement and willingness to innovate with society

tinyurl.com/2tzmsskp
@leibniz-zmt.de #MeerWissen

🌍 #WorldWetlandsDay2026

Sustainable water and ocean management start with listening and inviting all stakeholders at the decision-making table.

Through the co-design approach, we bring together traditional, local, and scientific knowledge to create solutions with lasting impact. 🌱🌊

#MeerWissen

📢 📝 Midweek Metrics 3/3
Are mangroves effective for coastal protection?

DTO-enabled insights:
🔹 Scenario-based assessment of mangrove density and placement
🔹 7 What-If simulations
🔹 Coastal erosion reduced by up to 97%

👉 Check out the full research paper here: tinyurl.com/p526ee5j

#MeerWissen

'Choose now!': Ocean explorer Sylvia Earle's message of hope ahead of 'Blue Davos' Explorer Sylvia Earle, now 90, has been to the bottom of the ocean and brought us back a message of hope: we have the power to save nature and humanity.

🌊A blue thread for the ocean at #WEF26 #BlueDavos
🔹Sylvia Earle urged to “Choose now” for our ocean
🔹New WEF report on Blue Foods
🔹WEF launched #ACTOcean

🙌 Get inspired by Sylvia Earle’s words here: tinyurl.com/24e7bhpr
👉 Read the WEF Report here: tinyurl.com/234hnhya

#MeerWissen #OceanScience

🌊 Ocean economy to reach $5.1tn by 2050! (WEF, 2026)

MeerWissen provides the knowledge foundations to:
💰De-risk investment
🤝Inform governance
🌱Unlock nature-positive opportunities in coastal and marine areas

Read the report here: tinyurl.com/4ebj3we4

📸 : © SANBI/ Kerry Sink

#MeerWissen #WEF

📢📝Midweek Metrics 2/3

What are the effects of pollution on seagrass ecosystems?
1️⃣Seagrass becomes sparser and shorter
2️⃣Epiphyte biomass increases
3️⃣Sensitive animals decrease
4️⃣Tolerant animals increase

Check out the full paper here: tinyurl.com/2755c8ft

#MeerWissen #SOMWAT #OceanScience

🚨🌊 BBNJ has entered into force

From the perspective of the MeerWissen Initiative, BBNJ highlights the importance of:

🔹 Accessible, co-designed, and co-produced marine knowledge
🔹 Strong science–policy interfaces
🔹 Equitable participation of researchers worldwide

#BBNJ #HighSeas #MeerWissen

📢 📝 Midweek Metrics 1/3

How to protect Mackerel Scad from overfishing in Tanzania? 🐟
🔹Limit the number of ring nets
🔹Implement seasonal fishing closures
🔹Upgrade fishing vessels to allow near-deep water fishing

👉 Check out the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

#MeerWissen

Reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead to 2026 – key moments and gaps to be addressed ✨🌊

👉 Check out upcoming ocean events on our website here: meerwissen.org/events/

#MeerWissen #OceanConservation #OceanScience #UNOceanDecade

Happy New Year! 🎆🌊

The MeerWissen Initiative Secretariat wishes you a great start to 2026. The year ahead brings exciting international conferences and collaboration to advance ocean conservation and science.

Looking forward to working together 🤝

#MeerWissen #HappyNewYear #OceanConservation

The ocean-climate nexus | Ocean Insights Podcast 3/4 How will climate change impact our coasts and seas, and what can and should we do in response? Listen to Ocean Insights Podcast S. 3, Ep.4

Take a moment this holiday season to dive back into our podcast exploring the Ocean-Climate Nexus, explaining how climate change will affect our coastlines and seas, and what can be done in response 🎧 🌊

meerwissen.org/insights/the...

#MeerWissen #OceanClimateNexus #OceanConservation

Knysna’s waters face alarming pollution - but seagrass meadows offer hope. 🌿

They clean the water, protect biodiversity, and restore balance. Watch how communities & researchers are working together to safeguard them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBPH...

#MeerWissen #Nature-basedsolutions #Seagrass

Rethinking the Blue Economy: Integrating social science for sustainability and justice - npj Ocean Sustainability npj Ocean Sustainability - Rethinking the Blue Economy: Integrating social science for sustainability and justice

#CoCreation, #SciencePolicy dialogue, and integrated knowledge are key to a #BlueEconomy rooted in #Sustainability and #Justice.

📝 Read this new paper in @nature.com: tinyurl.com/y3bzj689

🎧 Prefer listening? Tune into our #MeerWissen podcast on sustainable #Ocean #Economy: tinyurl.com/3w4av4un

MeerWissen at the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice 2025 On 10 June 2025, a diverse group of experts from science, policy and civil society came together for the side event “Bridging Science, Policy and Society for

🌊 “If we can really observe the #ocean better, we can govern it better. And if we govern it better, we can live better“.
– Ibukun Adewumi (IOC-Africa) concluded at our #MeerWissen & #FUTURO event during #UNOC3.

👉 Read the full recap here: tinyurl.com/5c462hw7

#SaveOurOcean @geomarkiel.bsky.social

Threatened by supercharged storms and rising oceans, Filipino fishing communities are fighting for their lives Climate change and environmental destruction are putting the future of fishing at risk in the Philippines. But coastal communities are fighting back and trying to preserve the industry for generations...

🏝️ "Here, the #ocean is everything."
But environmental & social pressures are rising.

🗞️ Read the full article with stunning photos: tinyurl.com/yfydmsby @laurapaddison.bsky.social @cnn.com

🎧 More on #SmallScaleFisheries and their importance in our #MeerWissen podcast episode: tinyurl.com/msr22ypm

🌊 Great to have #UN Special Envoy for the Ocean Peter Thomson at our #UNOC3 Side Event for #MeerWissen and #FUTURO.

🤝🏽 Voices like his are key to building the strong partnerships and shared visions we need — for marine #science that matters and solution-oriented #policymaking.

#SaveOurOcean #SDG14

🚢 Our #UNOC3 Side Event with @geomarkiel.bsky.social is ongoing and the message is clear:

📣 The #science we do must be for the whole of #society. #CoDesign is an inclusive instrument for effective project collaboration and transformation.

#FUTURO #MeerWissen #SaveOurOcean #OceanDecade #SDG14

Sven Stovener gives am overview of #Meerwissen. With science policy, co-desgn and. #DTO - call on NbS out now.

🌊 Join us at #UNOC3 in Nice next week!

#FUTURO and #MeerWissen side event:
🗓️ 10 June 2025
🕐 13:00–15:00
📍 Nice Harbour

🔹 Bridging #science, #policy, and #society for sustainable #ocean management in #Africa.
🔹 Panel discussion and lunch networking reception.

🔗 Registration: tinyurl.com/mpptncnz

🌊 Take #BiodiversityDay to remember: The #ocean connects us all.

🤝🏽 To bridge the #SciencePolicySociety gaps for a healthy ocean, we need strong partnerships.

Further info:
❓on #SustainableBlueEconomy, #MeerWissen: tinyurl.com/3rc3cvw6

❓ on 2025, @worldresources.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/yrafdsyt