Tag: healthy oceans

At the United Nations in New York, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is representing the interests of shipowners at the opening session of a UN Preparatory Committee starting work on a new legal instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Protecting large stretches of the ocean from human influence may well be good for conservation. But a new study by University of York scientists Professor Callum Roberts and Dr Bethan O’Leary suggests that setting aside at least 30 percent of it would also benefit fishermen and other stakeholders.

China has set up a tsunami alert centre in the South China Sea in Beijing's latest effort to bolster its jurisdiction in the disputed waters.

The European Parliament and the Council have reached an agreement on a multi-annual plan for cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea at a trilogue meeting this week, following a European Commission proposal in 2014.

Every year more than 8 million tonens of plastic is dumped into the ocean, but how does that affect humans and what can we do to stop this behavior? What you do on land can change the fate of what goes on off shore – and small changes in habits can have a large impact on improving our oceans.

According to a new study, exceeding critical temperature limits in the Southern Ocean may cause the collapse of ice sheets and a sharp rise in sea levels

On 1 February a European consortium launched a new Horizon 2020 project, Blue Nodules which aims to address the challenge of creating a viable and sustainable value chain to retrieve polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor. It will develop and test new highly-automated and sustainable technologies for deep-sea mining with minimal environmental pressures.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have recently announced a five-year global partnership to help ensure the long-term health of the oceans. The partners will set measurable and achievable sustainability targets that will reduce Royal Caribbean’s environmental footprint, raise awareness about ocean conservation among the company’s more than five million guests, and support WWF’s global oceans conservation work.

Leading cruise lines announced partnerships with ocean conservation non profits to improve and sustain world's oceans and seas. Carnival Corporation will host the Nature Conservancy's Mapping Ocean Wealth Annual Meeting Being at Miami and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. together with WWF announced their five-year partnership setting ambitious and measurable goals to reduce company's environmental footprint.