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An an independent source of information on the global effort to save the oceans, provided by the AtKisson Group
Stockholm, Sweden
Joined March 2017
Fantastic news. We've just heard from @PerErikSchulze that Norway’s Parliament just voted unanimously in favour of a national ban on helium balloons to prevent littering and harm to wildlife. 🇳🇴🎈 #plasticfree #balloonsblow
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Congrats to the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, officially launching, with focus on ocean governance! #SDG14
wmu.se
- In 2018, the World Maritime University (WMU) celebrates 35 years of excellence in postgraduate education, research and capacity building. Its parent
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Shipping is in need of revolutionary change. Finally, it might be starting to happen. #SDG14
amp.theguardian.com
With a target to halve its huge carbon footprint, the race is on to find new technologies to green the world’s shipping fleet
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Great news well done @NaokoIshiiGEF and the team @theGEF
Great news for the environment! Close to 30 countries have jointly pledged US$4.1 billion to @theGEF to better protect the future of our planet 🌏🌍🌎 and human well-being.
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.@ThomsonFiji joins others in commending @theGEF support for #SDG14, the #Ocean Goal https://t.co/RdMiIQ0M2l
#GEF7
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Would you like to take over the #SDG14 Twitter account and website, and develop it further as a channel for news on ocean sustainability? We're looking for new management. Interested? Send us a message with an email address, and let's talk. https://t.co/mz6kOqzZhT
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Congratulations @ClaireNouvian for a well deserved recognition of your unfailing energy to protect the #deepsea!
BLOOM proudly announces that our founder @ClaireNouvian has been awarded the 2018 @goldmanprize for our EU victory against #deepsea bottom #trawling. Other exceptional grassroots activists distinguished. Thanks to all that made this win possible. Read https://t.co/FGa0A0483l
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It’s getting hot(ter) down there. Ocean heat waves have become 34% more common and 17% longer over the past century—new #climatechange study in @NatureComms.
sciencenews.org
Over the last 100 years, the world’s oceans have sweltered through a rising number of heat waves.
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Big breakthrough: shipping industry strikes agreement on climate. #SDG14 #SDG13 #SDG12
https://t.co/aYVZjjVp5H
bbc.co.uk
The global shipping industry agrees for the first time to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Don't miss this amazing @guardian web gallery of underwater photography. Sample: This party of sperm whales is a tiny fraction of the hundreds (or thousands) that gather. Why? There is so much we do not know about the #ocean. #SDG14
https://t.co/b1JoqZUCBR
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Curious about the creatures living in the deep waters near #Antarctica? Science is just now learning how rich they are: https://t.co/QI9lIjSPnU
#SDG14 #ocean #biodiversity
theguardian.com
Photographs of rare species from unexplored area of Antarctic seabed highlight need to protect life in one of the most remote places on the planet
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Read the new "Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles" - produced as a collaboration between the EU, @EIB, Prince Charles Charities, and @WWF. They aim to guide investment and development policy decisions affecting the oceans. https://t.co/eI2l9xAtlf
#SDG14
wwf.org.uk
The ocean economy is estimated to be worth US$24 trillion and investors and policy-makers are increasingly turning to the ocean for new opportunities
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Mumbai beach goes from dump to turtle hatchery in two years
theguardian.com
Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings spotted after cleanup of Versova beach by Afroz Shah and volunteers
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Take a deep dive into Ocean+Data, a new UNEP-WCM library of 183 marine data resources. Fantastic new resource to support the creation of a #sustainableblueeconomy - https://t.co/fJFxBVysug
#SDG14 #Oceans
habitats.oceanplus.org
Ocean+ Habitats is a living platform providing the world's decision-makers and communities of practice with the best possible global information, knowledge and tools required to manage and conserve...
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Great new tool for monitoring progress towards the #SDGs! Indicators, data, charts. Easy to use, easy to understand. Check out the new SDG Tracker from @OurWorldInData. Clicking on each goal opens up a set of graphs, explanations, and sources.
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New film from Chis Jordan is, at its heart, a "call to love the albatross more." #SDG14
theguardian.com
Following his shocking photographs of dead albatross chicks and the diet of plastic that killed them, Chris Jordan’s new film is a call to action to repair our broken relationship with planet Earth
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The Economist has published a full Technology Quarterly on the oceans - how mining, aquaculture, new defense capacities and other advances are changing humanity's relationship to the seas. https://t.co/pfy2uTO691
#SDG14 #SustainableBlueEconony
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A refreshing message of hope, optimism and action for #SDG14 and our seas:
theguardian.com
After the mass die-off of starfish, it’s easy to despair. But conservation success stories show what ordinary people can do, says Fiona Gell
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