RT by @EU_MARE: 🚨Course alert! Help shape resilient, responsible coastal destinations.

Join the free online course on Sustainable #CoastalTourism & #OceanGovernance by #IOIOceanAcademy

For hospitality, municipalities, beach managers, NGOs & scientists, from across the #Mediterranean & #BlackSea.

🗓️ 24 Feb – 17 Mar 2026 ⏳ 20 hours
Apply by 22 Feb '26 | info/application👉https://shorturl.at/7Yj4B
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The ocean is the planet's largest ecosystem

"...The high seas were like the "wild west" because no single country had ownership or responsibility over them...You could do do whatever you want out there."

"The high seas face mounting threats from destructive fishing practices, shipping, plastic pollution, overfishing and potential deep sea mining, all compounded by climate change."

"The world's first legally binding treaty to protect oceans and marine life takes effect. The High Seas Treaty or Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) Agreement, will govern about two-thirds of the planet's oceans including vast areas beyond any country's borders...Currently, only about 1 per cent of these international waters are protected."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/high-seas-treaty-marine-protection-in-effect/106241974
#ocean #biodiversity #conservation #OceanGovernance #BBNJ #Australia #OverFishing

New on our blog!

Oceans as a Test for Multilateralism

The ocean is both a metaphor and a mirror of international cooperation, being vast, liquid, and collective. It demonstrates, perhaps more graphically than any terrestrial setting, the evolving capacity of multilateralism to address international crises. Ocean governance has for decades depen

#OceanGovernance #SoftLawAndHardLaw #WTOFisheriesSubsidiesAgreement

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/oceans-as-a-test-for-multilateralism/

@mpfpr holds a two-day webinar for nominated officials from #ASEAN & Timor-Leste on multilateral reporting mechanisms, including in an #ocean governance context.

Generously funded by @AuswaertigesAmt

#LawOfTheSea #LOS #MaritimeLaw #IMO #IMSAS #ILO #RFMOs #UPR #RuleOfLaw #MPFPR #OceanGovernance #Fisheries

Read more🔽
https://www.mpfpr.de/2025/06/16/webinar-on-international-treaty-reporting-mechanisms-held-as-part-of-an-asean-germany-cooperation-project/

🚨 The Open Ocean Research Grant Program is now accepting applications! 🌊

Global Fishing Watch is inviting researchers, scientists, and small institutions. Help us drive impactful research that supports sustainable fisheries management and improves transparency at sea.
🔹 Individual grants up to $10,000 USD
🔹 Group grants up to $20,000 USD

📅 Deadline: June 17, 2025

🔗 For more details and to apply, visit: https://bit.ly/open-ocean-research-grants

#OpenOceanResearch #OceanGovernance #GlobalFishingWatch

Excellent work by #TheGuardian on their visual explainer about deep-sea mining, highlighting the key issues at stake.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/mar/12/as-countries-scramble-for-minerals-the-seabed-beckons-will-mining-it-be-a-disaster-visual-explainer

#DeepSeaMining
#OceanConservation
#SustainableMining
#EnvironmentalImpact
#SeabedMining
#MarineProtection
#MineralExtraction
#OceanGovernance
#ClimateChange
#BiodiversityLoss