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TOF Raises Awareness among Government Leaders on the Global Threats Posed by Ocean Acidification
The Ocean Foundation and the Embassy of New Zealand hosted a gathering to inspire action and congratulate countries and communities that have made commitments to address OA.
CLOSED – Boyd N. Lyon Scholarship – 2021
The Ocean Foundation and The Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund seek applicants for the Boyd N. Lyon Scholarship, for the year 2021. This Scholarship was created in honor of the …
The New Blue Economy: Taking care of the ocean to sustain us
[Adapted from a keynote given for “Oceans of Knowledge” at the Royal Institution hosted by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology on November 20, 2019] Investment in and …
International Shark Debates put U.S. Positions in Spotlight
Continued leadership at Atlantic fisheries meeting could save Endangered makos and combat finning Washington, DC. November 12, 2019. Conservationists are looking to the U.S. for leadership ahead of an international …
Advancing Recreational Fisheries Policy and Management in Cuba
The Ocean Foundation, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, and the Caribbean Marine Research and Conservation Program Partner to Advance Recreational Fisheries Policy and Management in Cuba Washington, …
Key Takeaways of the Latest IPCC Report
On September 25, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its “Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate” (the Ocean and Ice Report) to report on …
Press Release on the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
September 25, 2019 – This morning in the Principality of Monaco, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate …
Caribbean Countries Agree to Protect Endangered Largetooth Sawfish
ROATÁN, Honduras – On World Environment Day, June 5, the critically endangered largetooth sawfish gained a lifeline as Caribbean countries unanimously agreed to add the species to Annex II of the Specially Protected …
Ocean Acidification Day of Action
In 2018, The Ocean Foundation launched its Waves of Change campaign to raise awareness of the issue of ocean acidification, culminating with the Ocean Acidification Day of Action on January 8, 2019.
SeaGrass Grow
SeaGrass Grow is the first and only blue carbon calculator – planting and protecting coastal wetlands to fight climate change.
Our Ocean and the Future of Plastic
In July, I spent four days at The Klosters Forum, an intimate small-town setting in the Swiss Alps that fosters more innovative collaborations by bringing together disruptive and inspirational minds …
Seagrasses, Nature’s Water Filter
Seagrasses are aquatic flowering plants that are found along a broad latitudinal range. As one of the planets most effective and efficient coastal systems for carbon sequestration, proper conservation and …
