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CollisionsInternational Cooperation
NewsJun 09, 2025
Over 114,000 Citizens Call for Ocean Protection: OceanCare Delivers Petition to UN Special Envoy
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue International Cooperation Petitions
NewsMay 23, 2025
Ship Strikes Kill Two More Sperm Whales Off Canary Islands: Urgent Call for Mandatory Speed Limits
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
Press releaseMay 22, 2025
Two More Sperm Whales Killed by Ship Strikes in Canary Islands Highlight Urgent Need for Vessel Speed Reduction
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
NewsApr 14, 2025
Countries Gather in New York to Kickstart Implementation of High Seas Treaty
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation United Nations
Press releaseMar 03, 2025
Race to Ratify High Seas Treaty: 42 More Countries Needed to Protect Ocean Biodiversity
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation United Nations
NewsAug 15, 2024
First Greek Shipping Company Changes Sea Routes in the Hellenic Trench
Read nowCollisions Shipping
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Collision Risk: Slowing Down to Protect Endangered Whales
Read nowCollisions Featured Shipping
NewsAug 12, 2024
La Sexta: Slow down to save the sperm whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
NewsJul 30, 2024
Tragic Loss of Sperm Whale Julio Highlights Need for Strict Speed Limits 
Read nowCollisions Whales
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Shipping: Analysis of maritime traffic in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea for 2023 – Infographs (2024)
Read nowCollisions Shipping
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Tráfico Marítimo: Análisis del tráfico marítimo en el Mediterráneo noroccidental durante 2023 – Infografías (2024)
Read nowCollisions Shipping
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Tráfico Marítimo: Reducción de velocidad en el Corredor de Migración de Cetáceos – Folleto (2024)
Read nowCollisions Marine Protected Areas Species Conservation
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Shipping: Speed Reduction in the Cetacean Migration Corridor – Factsheet (2024)
Read nowCollisions Marine Protected Areas Species Conservation
NewsJul 10, 2024
Conference: Ship speed reduction to protect large whales in the Mediterranean Cetacean Migration Corridor
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseJul 08, 2024
Limiting ship speed is necessary to prevent extinction of great whales in the North-Western Mediterranean
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
Press releaseJun 19, 2024
SAvE Whales: Implementation agreement with Greece signed
Read nowCollisions Whales
Press releaseMay 21, 2024
International Court: States have legal duty to restore and protect marine habitats
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Climate Change International Cooperation
Press releaseApr 30, 2024
UN member states urged to tackle plastics crisis at heart in new global treaty
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue International Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Press releaseApr 17, 2024
Scientists, civil society and Greek government to deploy technology to prevent ship strikes on sperm whales in the Kythera strait
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
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Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
Read nowInternational Cooperation
NewsNov 23, 2023
Agreement reached on revised EU environmental crime law to protect the environment
Read nowInternational Cooperation
NewsNov 16, 2023
Plastics Treaty: INC-3 Underway in Nairobi – Update on Cleanup Matters
Read nowInternational Cooperation Plastic Pollution
NewsNov 14, 2023
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean: OceanCare reports on Activities
Read nowFisheries International Cooperation
NewsNov 14, 2023
A glimmer of hope for European Union’s Nature to recover
Read nowInternational Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
NewsAug 01, 2023
NO green light for deep-sea mining! Ocean champion countries stand firm.
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
NewsJul 29, 2023
French shipping company CMA CGM moves shipping routes out of important whale habitat
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
NewsJul 24, 2023
A short breath of relief for the deep sea – but how long will it last?
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
Press releaseJul 17, 2023
Governments meet at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to decide fate of the deep-sea
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Deep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
Press releaseJul 07, 2023
More shadows than lights at crucial IMO meeting
Read nowClimate Change Collisions Shipping
Press releaseJul 06, 2023
NEWS from the IMO in London: NW-Mediterranean declared as PSSA to protect endangered whales from ship strikes!
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseJun 28, 2023
Global pressure on IMO to take key decisions on decarbonisation of shipping and to protect whales from strikes
Read nowClimate Change Collisions Shipping
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Ocean Noise: Noise Mitigation (BAT/BEP) – Report CMS/OceanCare (2023)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Shipping Species Conservation
Press releaseJun 08, 2023
Three industrial sectors have the tools to quieten the ocean
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue International Cooperation Shipping
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Marine Conservation: UNCLOS ICP23 – OceanCare Statement (2023)
Read nowInternational Cooperation
Press releaseJun 02, 2023
With only half of the week spent on substantive discussion, treaty negotiations end with lackluster outcomes
Read nowInternational Cooperation Plastic Pollution
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High Seas Treaty (UNCLOS BBNJ)
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation
NewsJun 01, 2023
Relevance of the BBNJ Agreement for Plastic Pollution
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Press releaseJun 01, 2023
Major Danish shipping company strives for a brighter future for endangered sperm whales in Greek waters
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
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Plastic Pollution: BBNJ Agreement – OceanCare Briefing (2023)
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation Plastic Pollution
NewsMay 25, 2023
Untangled: Plastics Treaty Critical Role in Tackling Fishing Gear
Read nowFisheries International Cooperation Plastic Pollution
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Plastic Pollution: Untangled, Plastic Treaty & Fishing Gear – Briefing (2023)
Read nowFisheries International Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Press releaseMay 17, 2023
French Shipowners Association calling on Members helping to protect endangered whales
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
NewsMar 23, 2023
Climate Change – the Final Warning!
Read nowClimate Change International Cooperation
NewsMar 05, 2023
New scientific paper emphasizes the major welfare concerns related to boat strikes on whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseMar 05, 2023
High Seas Treaty: New Treaty agreed to protect half the planet but formal adoption still required
Read nowInternational Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
NewsFeb 19, 2023
Major Shipping Company slows down to protect Whales
Read nowBecause Our Planet Is Blue Collisions Shipping
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Plastic Pollution: International Whaling Commission and Plastics – Briefing (2022)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Plastic Pollution
Press releaseDec 15, 2022
IMO regulates shipping in the NW Mediterranean to protect endangered whales
Read nowCollisions International Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
NewsDec 05, 2022
First Global Plastics Treaty Intergovernmental Meeting Concludes With a Mix of High and Low Points
Read nowInternational Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Press releaseDec 05, 2022
The Mediterranean and Black Seas are not a safe place for whales and dolphins
Read nowCollisions Whales
Press releaseNov 28, 2022
High-risk collision hotspots in the Mediterranean Sea: Urgent measures required to save whales from vanishing
Read nowCollisions International Cooperation Shipping
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International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Shipping
NewsNov 20, 2022
COP27: A Missed Opportunity also for the Mediterranean Basin
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Will «Moby Dick» disappear from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea?
Read nowCollisions Whales
Press releaseNov 06, 2022
COP27 host Egypt intensively searching for oil and gas in the ocean
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Ocean Noise: UN Ocean Conference – Joint Statement (2022)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (FAO/GFCM)
Read nowFisheries International Cooperation
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International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Whales
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Ocean Noise: Ocean Noise and the SDGs – Briefing (2022)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Whaling: Whaling and the SDGs – Briefing (2022)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Species Conservation
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Ship strikes: The urgent need to slow down vessels
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseOct 25, 2022
IFAW REPORT: Economic analysis of impacts of vessel speed reduction in European waters
Read nowCollisions Shipping Underwater Noise Pollution
NewsOct 21, 2022
OceanCare Statement on debate about and in Antigua and Barbuda
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Whales
Press releaseOct 21, 2022
IWC keeps moratorium in place and takes timid step towards a more conservation agenda
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
Press releaseOct 17, 2022
Despite leaving, Japan still pulls the strings within Whaling Commission
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Whales
Press releaseOct 13, 2022
Pro-whaling nations threaten the demise of the IWC by pushing to resume commercial whaling
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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Hope for blue whales off Sri Lanka
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
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SAvE Whales: Successful high-tech project to protect sperm whales
Read nowFeatured Collisions Whales
Press releaseSep 08, 2022
Major shipping company shifts lanes to help save Sri Lankan blue whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping Whales
Press releaseAug 11, 2022
We need an «environmental TUV certification» for the high seas!
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
NewsJul 25, 2022
Intense discussions over Deep-Sea Mining
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
NewsJul 19, 2022
40th anniversary of global ban on commercial whaling celebrated
Read nowInternational Cooperation Whales
Press releaseJul 01, 2022
Second UN Ocean Conference: Outcome
Read nowInternational Cooperation
Press releaseJun 24, 2022
UN Ocean Conference: On Track to Fail SDG14 – Life Below Water
Read nowInternational Cooperation Marine Protected Areas
Press releaseJun 21, 2022
German shipping association recommends re-routing ships to save endangered whales
Read nowCollisions Shipping
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International Seabed Authority (ISA)
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
NewsMar 18, 2022
UN High Seas Treaty: Progress but not there yet
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation
NewsMar 07, 2022
Spanish Mediterranean regions urge government to protect Cetaceans
Read nowCollisions Shipping Underwater Noise Pollution
Press releaseMar 02, 2022
UNEA 5.2: Major Step Toward A Comprehensive Plastics Treaty
Read nowInternational Cooperation Plastic Pollution
Press releaseFeb 28, 2022
OceanCare on IPCC report: Marine conservation is climate protection
Read nowClimate Change International Cooperation
NewsFeb 22, 2022
The GFCM teams up with OceanCare to protect the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Read nowInternational Cooperation
Press releaseFeb 11, 2022
One Ocean Summit: Commitments of «High Ambition Coalition» not ambitious enough
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation
Press releaseJan 27, 2022
Major shipping company helps save endangered sperm whales in the Mediterranean
Read nowCollisions Marine Protected Areas Whales
NewsJan 18, 2022
SaveMoby from Extinction
Read nowCollisions Whales
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Deep-sea Mining: Battery Regulation – EU-Submission (2021)
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
NewsDec 09, 2021
New Report addresses Europe’s role in Deep-sea Mining
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
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Ocean Noise: Impact of Noise on Fish Stocks in the Central Adriatic Sea – Study GFCM/OceanCare (2021)
Read nowFisheries International Cooperation
NewsNov 08, 2021
Shipping needs to slow down to reach climate targets faster
Read nowClimate Change Collisions
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Whaling: A 50-Year-Vision for the IWC – Briefing (2021)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC Species Conservation
NewsSep 10, 2021
IUCN World Conservation Congress adopts Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
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Ocean Noise: Neglected threat in the EU – Report (2021)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Deep-sea Mining: International Seabed Authority, ISA – Submission by OceanCare (2021)
Read nowDeep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
NewsJul 24, 2020
Global Pact for the Environment: Much Work Needs to be Done
Read nowInternational Cooperation
NewsSep 09, 2019
Urgent deadline: Duty to conserve the biological diversity of the high seas and deep seabed
Read nowBBNJ Deep-Sea Mining International Cooperation
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Species Conservation: CMS and its NGO Partners – Report (2019)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Species Conservation
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SDG: OceanCare’s Committment to the SDGs – ECOSOC-Report (2019)
Read nowInternational Cooperation OceanCare
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Ocean Noise: Reduce Noise in EU Waters – Report (2019)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Ocean Noise: UN Ocean Conference – Joint Statement (2017)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Ocean Noise: SE Mediterranean – Recommendations (2017)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Ocean Noise: UN BBNJ PrepCom II – Statement (2016)
Read nowBBNJ International Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Plastic Pollution: UNCLOS ICP – Statement (2016)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Plastic Pollution
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Ocean Noise: Hotspot Mediterranean Sea – Report (2016)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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MDG: OceanCare’s Committment to MDG7 – ECOSOC-Report (2015)
Read nowInternational Cooperation OceanCare
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Whaling: Japan’s Aid to Fishing Industry – Report (2002, Update 2014)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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Ocean Noise: Seismic Exploration and International Law – Position Paper (2011)
Read nowInternational Cooperation Underwater Noise Pollution
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Whaling: Japan’s Aid to Fishing Industry – Report (2002)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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International Fora: Vote-Buying – Legal Opinion (2001)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC
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International Fora: States exercising Power on Voting Behavior of other States – Legal Opinion (2001)
Read nowInternational Cooperation IWC