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The women and the sea

by OceanCare | 07/06/2019 | Media Release

World Oceans Day 2019: United Nations celebrate the oceans through the gender lens, paying tribute to outstanding people who work to protect the sea. Women like Sigrid Lüber from Switzerland who founded OceanCare 30 years ago. Wädenswil, 6 June 2019. Coinciding with...

Mediterranean deep-sea region threatened by oil exploration

by OceanCare | 13/05/2019 | Media Release

Wädenswil, 13 May 2019. In a joint statement to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, dozens of scientists, environmental and species conservation organisations express their concern about planned oil developments off Greece. The reason: the allocation of drilling...

Multilateralism at Work: United Nations’ deliberations on a Global Pact for the Environment

by OceanCare | 21/03/2019 | Media Release

Nairobi, Kenya, March 21st 2019. Over the course of the past three days, delegates and stakeholders have come together at the United Nations in Nairobi to address the fragmentation, lack of coherence, and general inadequacy of international environmental law. In part,...

Tyranny of the Minority Slows International Progress on Addressing Plastic Pollution

by OceanCare | 15/03/2019 | Media Release

Nairobi, Kenya, March 15 2019. At the 4th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-4), member states of the UN Environment Programme failed to meet expectations to confront the ever-growing plastic-pollution crisis threatening our waterways,...

We mourn for Joanna Toole, our dear colleague and friend

by OceanCare | 11/03/2019 | Media Release, News

Dear friends and colleagues, Today we mourn the loss of Joanna Toole. There is so much that is beautiful about Joanna, it’s difficult to express her soul in mere words. Perhaps it’s the heart that is more intuitive at times like these—able to register the connections...

Noise reduction required in European waters!

by OceanCare | 24/01/2019 | Media Release

Brussels, 24th January 2019 – Member States of the European Union are set to fail to protect marine wildlife from the impacts of intense underwater noise levels by 2020, despite a requirement to do so under EU marine law. This is the conclusion of a report...

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