Captain Fanplastic is an award-winning environmental literacy programme (watch video) that teaches youngsters through experiential education; to manage, prevent and reduce plastic pollution globally. A #NoTrashButTreasure mindset. Throughout 2023, Captain Fanplastic in partnership with the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) will empower and license NGOs on eight islands of Africa and the Indian Ocean to reach 120 primary schools and 18,000 learners […]
Responding to the Ocean Decade Challenge 10, this activity aims to understand the link between marine identity and people taking action to transform the human-ocean relationship (marine citizenship). This international researcher-practitioner collaboration aims, via workshops, shared writing tasks, and networking platforms, to co-produce a multinational and cross-cultural understanding of the nature and types of marine […]
OIM is a social and environmental impact film competition using the power of film to highlight one of the most urgent issues of our time, plastic waste pollution. The Ocean in Motion Film Competition is open until the 19th October 2023 (film entry deadline) to all educational entities across Australia and New Zealand including primary, secondary […]
Stitch Your Ocean Science 2023 Stories connect us to the past, present, future and to each other. They provide opportunities to learn, find commonalities, and understand different perspectives. Your Ocean Science calls on YOU to craft your ocean #story visually through crocheting, knitting, quilting, weaving, and embroidery. Is it an expression of the wonders of the #ocean? A #data […]
On June 8, 2023, World Oceans Day, the pop-up OCEAN GALLERY celebrated its opening in Stuttgart’s Eberhardstraße. The OCEAN GALLERY temporarily transforms a vacant retail space into a vibrant and inspiring space to inspire people to protect the oceans. Thus, for a short time, a special photo gallery enriches Stuttgart’s city center. The works of […]
SeaPaCS proposes a participatory citizen science project led by social and natural scientists that mobilises volunteers in data collection, elaboration and sharing on the biological consequences of marine plastic pollution (via in-situ samples collection for plastisphere DNA analysis, underwater video documentation of new ecological niches, plankton evaluation), and in drafting a plan for sustainability-oriented practices based […]
Mangrove Action Project has launched their ninth annual Mangrove Photography Awards. The competition invites photographers of all levels around the world to contribute their images to highlight the beauty and fragility of mangrove ecosystems and inspire conservation action to protect them. Mangroves are one of the world’s most important ecosystems, and one of the most […]
The photo competition "Millimages des récifs" aims to refine the view of underwater photographers, amateur or professional, on the ecosystem they photograph. By imposing a theme each year to its contest, the Institut des Récifs Coralliens du Pacifique (IRCP) wishes that the participants have a naturalist look on their subject, more refined to the understanding […]
Nominate marine protected areas (MPAs) for Blue Park Awards. MPAs that demonstrate strong protections for biologically significant areas will earn Blue Park status, which comes with international recognition and a cash prize. Learn more about the Blue Park Award criteria. Blue Park Awards celebrate the outstanding conservation work of communities, managers, governments and NGOs safeguarding marine biodiversity […]
"Only One - One Planet, One Ocean, One Health” is an international campaign by Marevivo, in partnership with the Italian Navy and the Dohrn Foundation, and backed by the European Parliament and under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security. It highlights the urgent need for ecological transition through a […]
Shipping stakeholders across sectors talk Green Shipping Corridors, implementation challenges, and opportunities for emissions reduction. The Ocean-Climate Solutions Innovation Exchange aims to increase international visibility of emerging ocean-climate solutions and convene a range of voices to explore common challenges and opportunities in the ocean-climate innovation space. Hosted by the Ocean Visions-UN Decade Collaborative Center for Ocean-Climate […]
Criado em 2019 como Marina Week, o festival anual em celebração à cultura oceânica chega à quarta edição com novo nome, SP Ocean Week. Com uma programação ainda mais consistente e diversa, trazendo atividades multidisciplinares e gratuitas, o evento ocorrerá no Memorial da América Latina, entre os dias 30 de agosto e 03 de setembro […]
Together with the University of Genoa, the Institute for the Law of the Sea and International Marine Environmental Law (ISRIM) organizes a workshop on the new BBNJ agreement, which was adopted on 19 June 2023 in the framework of the United Nations. It is about the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas […]
Nautilos Summer School is a four-day course designed for early career scientists and marine technicians who are interested in the blue economy and open data sharing. The main goal of the course is to improve professional skills and competences related to marine litter. To achieve this, the course will include lectures, discussions, practical sampling and […]
The Ocean Awareness Contest is an online educational platform that engages youth ages 11-18 worldwide in learning about and exploring the connections between human activities and the health of our ocean through the creative arts, introducing them to critical environmental issues and empowering them to take action. Student work becomes part of Bow Seat’s global […]
Festival das Baleias (which can be translated to 'Festival of Whales') is a multidisciplinary and multisectoral event that aims to help reinforce concerns about the conservation of marine life and encourage tourism. The event, which has an itinerant nature, always occurs during the period when humpback whales migrate to the coast of Bahia, in Brazil, […]
The Pacific Community (SPC) through its Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science (PCCOS) is convening Pacific stakeholders to the 1st Pacific Islands Conference on Ocean Science and Ocean Management to be held in Nadi, Fiji, from 11 – 15 September 2023. The work to be carried out will include: Identify, discuss and prioritise ocean science […]
Watch the recording! Download the Statement of Collaboration & the Joint Action Framework In the margins of the SDG Summit 2023, the SIDS Coalition for Nature & the Ocean Decade Alliance are organizing a high-level special event: Harnessing opportunities for accelerated action in SIDS through enhanced ocean knowledge, outreach & capacity development: Launching a strategic […]
The Great Lakes have never been mapped in detail. Though many maps of the Great Lakes show the shape and depth of the lake floor, known as bathymetry, they are created using data that is sometimes decades old and low-density. Modern, high-density data enables an extremely detailed map and is critical for effective management, research, […]
The X Edition of the Mar de Mares Festival will land on September 21st in A Coruña with a program full of activities and meetings to celebrate and claim the vital importance of our oceans and the urgent need to preserve them. Art, science, education, activism, entrepreneurship and big and small sea stories shape a […]
SAVE THE DATE! The Ocean Decade will be present at the OCEANS 2023 Gulf Coast Conference. Discover more: https://gulfcoast23.oceansconference.org/
Researchers from the University of Aveiro celebrate the European Researchers' Night outside the University campus, at the small fisherman village of Torreira (Murtosa). This decentralization approach aims to foster the connection between the University and local communities. The main research topic is the Ocean, and the diverse program offers science cafés (with researchers), exhibitions, a research fair for schools, […]
"Niterói on Ocean Decade” is a transmedia experience of environmental awareness about the ocean taking place at Espaco Cultural Correios, Niterói, Brazil. The project seeks to develop a critical and sensitive view of the ocean through art, opening new concepts with the intention of encouraging the public to transform the experiences lived at the […]