The deep sea holds vast mineral wealth. However, most valuable elements lie in international waters, outside any one country’s territory.
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There is no shortage of global objectives and targets driving ocean conservation. However, protecting oceans depends on the communities that steward them.
The oceans bordering West African countries are in grave danger from pollution; checking further degradation is crucial for human survival.
A changing climate will make it difficult to anticipate and prevent invasions.
Correctly identifying species is essential for effective management and conservation.
Much of the world’s seagrass is highly threatened through human actions such as coastal degradation, as well as impacts of climate change.
The work of the authors reveals a world that is outward-looking, full of movement, border-crossing and south-south interconnection.
Creating opportunities to meaningfully engage women in governance and decision-making is necessary to achieve gender equality in small-scale fisheries.
How colonial Customs protocols shaped copyright and censorship.
Join us for a free online discussion about the history and future of the world’s oceans.
International law does not meaningfully address biodiversity conservation in the high seas. We risk losing marine species before we have a chance to identify and understand them.
Empatheatre’s latest production is more than a play about three characters who live near the sea. It’s a model for collective consultation on how to save the ocean.
A new project takes a different look at the role of oceans.
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Professor of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, The University of Southern Mississippi
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Associate Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor Marine Biology Research Group, Stellenbosch University
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PhD Candidate in Social and Ecological Sustainability, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Senior researcher, Durban University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Marine Genomics and Conservation in the Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Lagos
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Researcher, Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy, Duke University
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