OceanCare News
Whaling 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...
read moreMarine Wildlife pays high price for European single-use plastic addiction
Manila, 28th October 2017: A recently launched report documenting the frightening scope of single-use plastic waste by consumers in Member States of the European Union highlights the huge challenge the international community is facing to protect marine ecosystems and...
read moreParties at UN Convention Meeting poised to turn down the volume in our oceans
Manila, 26th October 2017: At the 12th Meeting of the Parties of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) the representatives of its more than 120 Member States have finished negotiations of most of the agenda items and listing proposals. The negotiated versions are...
read moreDanger zone OCEAN: plastic pollution and noise inferno threaten marine species
12th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species to meet in the Philippines Wädenswil/Manila, 20th October 2017. From 23rd to 28th of October, 2017, delegates of more than 120 countries gather in Manila, the...
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