Tag: mundus maris

July had small-scale fisheries (SSF) as the major highlights for us as the conference in Cyprus about hope spots in Europe at the beginning of the month turned up a lot of shade beside those hopeful examples. It was immediately followed by the SSF Summit, this time in the FAO premises in Rome. More than 300 participants broadened the perspectives, networking, hopes and aspirations for better futures to a global level…

In Europe the watchword is ‘Restore our Ocean and Rivers’. New legislation is on its way in order to translate the international treaties negotiated for years in a hard won consensus into a new set of rules to deliver the long expected improvements for urgent nature restoration and human wellbeing. The Global Biodiversity Framework agreed in December 2022 and the BBNJ Treaty to protect biodiversity on the High Seas of…

2023 has started with some very promising political action. Last December, politicians reached a crucial agreement and made a landmark declaration to implemented protected areas on 30% of the ocean and land by 2023, at the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15). This February, the EU convened ocean stakeholders in Brussels to take stock of the initial efforts of the EU Mission…