World Oceans Day 2022: Collaboration, Collections and Cleanups

It’s really just one ocean – humans like to divide things and put into boxes – grin.

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Tomorrow (or perhaps today for you) – Wednesday, June 8 is World Oceans Day. But, don’t we have One Ocean, just as there is just One Planet?

There are two events I should tell you about. Firstly, the United Nations will have an online event starting at 10:00 am EDT (9:00 am Jamaican time), which will elaborate on the 2022 theme, “Revitalisation: Collective Action for the Ocean.” Topics addressed will include Nature-based Solutions; Local and Indigenous Knowledge; Community and Collaborative Efforts; Biodiversity and Resilience; and Blue Economy, Responsible Management, and Finance; among others. You canregister here.

Register for tomorrow’s discussion.

I really want to catch Sylvia Earle’s remarks – she is such an inspiring champion of the seas for all these years. I like this profound quote from Dr. Earle – who is, unbelievably, 86 years old, a former student of and specialist in algae – and she…

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What your T-shirt reveals about ‘carbon colonialism’ and the global economy’s vast hidden emissions — Geography Directions

By Laurie Parsons, Royal Holloway University of London This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the …

What your T-shirt reveals about ‘carbon colonialism’ and the global economy’s vast hidden emissions — Geography Directions

The United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama Sign a Memorandum of Understanding in Support of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) – United States Department of State

CMAR is a precedent-setting regional ocean conservation effort that spans more than 500,000 square kilometers, covering one of the most highly productive and biologically diverse areas in the ocean.  It is also home to the world-renowned Cocos, Coiba, Galápagos, Gorgona, and Malpelo Islands, harbors unique and vulnerable habitats, and supports a rich diversity of flora and fauna.  The region is widely recognized as one of the most important areas for the protection, conservation, and management of biodiversity in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.

Through the Memorandum of Understanding, the United States and the CMAR countries will work together to strengthen marine governance, maritime security, and marine conservation finance, contribute to the goal of effectively conserving or protecting at least 30 percent of the global ocean by 2030, and preserve migratory routes for sea turtles, whales, sharks, and rays.  The United States and the CMAR countries will also collaborate to address the challenges that threaten CMAR, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and to protect marine biodiversity and other ocean resources from the impacts of climate change.

 

Source: The United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama Sign a Memorandum of Understanding in Support of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) – United States Department of State

As Animals Migrate Because of Climate Change, Thousands of New Viruses Will Hop From Wildlife to Humans—and Mitigation Won’t Stop Them – Inside Climate News

Over the next 50 years, the spread of pathogens between humans and animals in the wild will lead to the transmission of about 4,000 new viruses between species, their research found, and increase the risk of global pandemics.

“We can’t put this one back in the bottle,” Carlson said of his team’s findings.

 

Source: As Animals Migrate Because of Climate Change, Thousands of New Viruses Will Hop From Wildlife to Humans—and Mitigation Won’t Stop Them – Inside Climate News