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The United Nations take a look beyond the surface of the world’s Oceans

by OceanCare | 14/06/2018 | Media Release

New York/Wädenswil, 14th June 2018: Honking car drivers on 5th Avenue, rock concerts or cheering audiences in Madison Square Garden, after-work parties and dance-clubs; these might be images people think of when being told that increasing noise levels and disturbance...

Whaling season in Europe starts

by OceanCare | 04/04/2018 | Media Release

Washington, DC/Wädenswil, Switzerland/Munich, Germany, April 3, 2018: The annual whaling season in the North Atlantic began on April 1. The governments of Iceland and Norway keep ignoring the international ban on commercial whaling and continue to unilaterally...

Gebr. Heinemann reduces its use of single-use bags by 70 per cent in 2017

by OceanCare | 30/01/2018 | Media Release

Hamburg/Zurich, 30 January 2018: Reputable environmental protection organisations regularly publish powerful, emotive images: sandy beaches covered in, entire coastal regions spoilt by and dead marine animals suffocated by plastic waste. The reason for this...

Silent Night for Whales off the Baleares – oil exploration and development stopped

by OceanCare | 18/12/2017 | Media Release

Madrid/Zurich, 18 December 2017: Alianza Mar Blava, OceanCare and Natural Resources Defense Council celebrate that the 20th Conference of Parties (COP 20) to the Barcelona Convention has decided to grant international protection to the Cetacean Migration Corridor of...

Concerns over the impact of underwater noise by hydrocarbon exploration in South-Eastern European waters

by OceanCare | 24/11/2017 | Media Release

Split, 24th November 2017: During a 2-day workshop on the 22nd and 23rd of November in Split, Croatia, 62 participants from 17 countries discussed impacts of underwater noise on marine wildlife in south-eastern Mediterranean waters. Searching for new hydrocarbon...

Underwater noise poses a risk to human food security

by OceanCare | 06/11/2017 | Media Release

Wädenswil, 6th November 2017: Until recently, concerns about the impacts of underwater noise predominantly related to marine mammals, in particular deep-diving whale species. However, a new literature review documents alarming evidence of the detrimental impacts of...

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