OceanCare News
Celebrating Africa Day of Seas and Oceans with the launch of a new Partnership for aquatic species
Abidjan/Wädenswil, 26 July 2018: This week on 25th July, there was a perfect reason to celebrate the Africa Day of Seas and Oceans, as OceanCare alongside partner organisations, concluded the first official meeting of the Abidjan Aquatic Wildlife Partnership (AAWP)....
read moreMilestone for marine conservation: United Nations focus on underwater noise
The United Nations Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea concluded its 19th meeting (ICP19) on the 22nd of June 2018 in New York, USA. This year’s meeting focused on the issue of anthropogenic underwater noise. The report summing up the...
read moreThe United Nations take a look beyond the surface of the world’s Oceans
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...
read moreWhaling season in Europe starts
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...
read moreGebr. Heinemann reduces its use of single-use bags by 70 per cent in 2017
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...
read moreSilent Night for Whales off the Baleares – oil exploration and development stopped
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...
read moreConcerns over the impact of underwater noise by hydrocarbon exploration in South-Eastern European waters
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...
read morePost Climate Conference reality: Concerns over impacts of intense noise generated by oil exploration activities in south eastern European waters
Split, Croatia, 16.11.2017: Around 70 international, regional and national experts from 18 countries, including decision-makers, marine biologists, representatives from the UN, multilateral environmental agreements, national environmental and energy departments,...
read moreUnderwater noise poses a risk to human food security
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...
read moreEuropean oil and gas exploration test case for major UN Decision
Manila, 28th October 2017. The 12th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS COP12) ends today in Manila, the Philippines. OceanCare, an international marine conservation organisation, congratulates the...
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