Building Capacity
Bridging Past and Present: Underwater Cultural Heritage at the 2024 UN Ocean Decade Conference
The Ocean Foundation was thrilled to participate in the 2024 United Nations Ocean Decade conference in Barcelona, Spain. The conference brought together scientists, policymakers, youth, Indigenous people, and local communities …
Is it loud enough yet? Protests, Indigenous Voices, and the Business Case for DSM at the March 2024 ISA Meetings
The Ocean Foundation’s Deep Seabed Mining (DSM) team is happy to have participated again in meetings of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston, Jamaica. Negotiations continue, and despite ongoing cooperation, the regulations are still far from being completed, with divergent views on fundamental concepts blocking consensus on key issues.
Community-led Mangrove Restoration in Xcalak, Mexico
Our team recently traveled to Xcalak, Mexico as part of The Ocean Foundation’s Blue Resilience Initiative (BRI). Why? To get our hands and boots dirty – literally – in one …
New Analysis: Business Case for Deep Sea Mining – Highly Complicated and Widely Unproven – Doesn’t Add Up
Report finds extracting nodules lodged in the ocean floor is rife with technical challenges and overlooks rise of innovations that would eliminate the need for deep-seabed mining; warns investors to …
Golden Acre Foods to complete $1.4M donation for habitat restoration in Puerto Rico by 2024
Golden Acre has been partnered with The Ocean Foundation since 2021 and is proud to support their mangrove and seagrass restoration projects. The project work that The Ocean Foundation is …
Regenerative Tourism Catalyst Grant Program | 2024
Background In 2021, the United States established a new multi-agency partnership to foster small island leadership in combating the climate crisis and promoting resilience in ways that reflect their unique …
A listen on: Potentially Polluting Wrecks
TOF’s Senior Advisor on Ocean Heritage Ole Varmer joined project partners from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation to discuss the ins and outs of shipwrecks and oil pollution on this recent GreenSeas podcast with TradeWinds.
Pacific Islands Collaboration and Learning Grants to Strengthen Ocean Acidification Research Capacity
The Ocean Foundation is pleased to announce a grant opportunity to support researchers in the Pacific Islands who are working on ocean acidification to gain additional practical experience and knowledge that advances their research abilities.
2023: A First Step in Protecting the Elusive High Seas
This past year focused on protecting the part of the ocean that is outside of the jurisdictional reach of any specific country and is, arguably, so enigmatic that experts in the field are still striving to understand it. When it comes to the high seas, there is a large part (64%) of the ocean that no one truly owns and that no one country can protect on its own. Which begs the question, “how do you protect something that doesn’t belong (only) to you?”
No-Mining November: The Ocean Foundation’s ISA Council Check-In
The International Seabed Authority’s third set of meetings held in Kingston, Jamaica wrapped up last week with little fanfare and fewer decisions. The Ocean Foundation participated in the meetings for the third time this year, continuing to speak with delegates on our key goals.
Don’t Shade the Ocean
We need sound legal tools to address side effects from climate geoengineering projects that could endanger the marine environment. These unwanted impacts include the ability of the seas to produce food and oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide and excess heat.
CLOSED – Boyd N. Lyon Scholarship
The Ocean Foundation and The Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund seek applicants for the Boyd N. Lyon Scholarship, for the year 2024.
