Nathan Bennett

WTO hands out first tranche of grants to help developing countries meet terms of fishing subsidy deal A fund set up by the World Trade Organization (WTO) has handed out its first grants, including to Oman.

A fund set up by the World Trade Organization ( @wto.org ) to help developing countries adapt to an agreement on curbing harmful #fishing subsidies has handed out its first tranche of grants. www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-... via @seafoodsourcerer.bsky.social

Ancestral Waters: Calamian Tagbanwa People reclaim title and revitalize governance over land and sea territories in Palawan, the Philippines

Latest case study is up on The Ocean Defenders Project website: oceandefendersproject.org/case-study/a...

The Ocean Equity Index - Nature The Ocean Equity Index provides a systematic, twelve-criteria framework to assess and improve equity in ocean initiatives, projects and policies, producing structured data that guide evidence-bas...

🌊 The global community has made ambitious commitments to advancing ocean equity – what is missing is a transparent & replicable way to measure equity and track progress 🐠

📢 Our new @nature.com paper, the #OceanEquityIndex, offers a simple yet robust solution: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Title, authors’ names, abstract, and keywords from a paper about the role of various organizations, e.g., NGOs, in supporting ocean defenders

Injustices in the ocean space are increasing & #ocean #defenders are at risk. López De La Lama et al. found organizations, eg, NGOs & INGOs, offer important support in several ways, eg, conducting research & advocating/facilitating #decision-making @nathanjbennett.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

The critical role of allied organizations in supporting ocean defenders The rapidly expanding ocean economy is a significant driver of global growth but often produces substantial negative impacts on coastal communities, i…

The critical role of allied organizations in supporting ocean defenders |

“any strategy to support ocean defenders must center their voices and needs, ensuring they are at the forefront of current and future discussions and decisions related to the development of the ocean economy.”

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The critical role of allied organizations in supporting ocean defenders The rapidly expanding ocean economy is a significant driver of global growth but often produces substantial negative impacts on coastal communities, i…

Allied organizations can play a critical role in supporting ocean defenders.

"Achieving a just and equitable ocean economy requires sustained
and coordinated support for ocean defenders in their resistance efforts."

Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Victims of Peru’s worst ever oil spill have been left to suffer A local fishing community does not feel adequately compensated and Repsol must do more to repair the damage, write researchers

"It is time for us as a society to ask ourselves what is worth more: the right of a company to profit, or our rights to a quality life?"

Revisiting Peru's worst oil spill, by Rocío López De La Lama, Aurora Maguiña, Patricia Sangiorgi for @dialogueearth.bsky.social.

dialogue.earth/en/pollution...

The Environmental and Cultural Benefits of Restoring the American Prairie - Inside Climate News How policies to prevent the collapse of the grasslands can also support farmers.

insideclimatenews.org/news/1001202...

Social #equity is a key principle in marine #conservation. But how prepared is the conservation community to understand, assess & implement it?

This new paper charts pathways for assessing #equity in marine conservation 👇

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Next steps for WTO fisheries agreement The future of global fisheries—which provide 1 in 10 jobs and primary protein for 3.2 billion people—is at risk (1–3). Each year, US$22 billion in harmful subsidies incentivize overfishing that deplet...

Next steps for WTO #fisheries agreement. @drrashidsumaila.bsky.social @nathanjbennett.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... vi @Science

**NEW PAPER ALERT** Read about the methods behind the development of the new #IUCNCEESP guide on measuring equity in marine conservation in our new paper in #PARKS. Access the paper here: parksjournal.com/wp-content/u...

@nathanjbennett.bsky.social @markandrachuk.bsky.social

🚨 Paper Alert!🚨

From ocean 🌊 to markets 💰 : fish exports ✈️ threaten nutrition security 🥡 in coastal communities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

📰 doi.org/10.1038/s432...

A safe climate is a human right, and states have a legal obligation to respond through addressing climate change. This is a key message for #COP30.

Read more in our new commentary: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It's been a long time in development, but I am thrilled to say that our new "Guidebook for assessing and improving social equity in marine conservation" is now released, launched at the IUCN #WorldConservationCongress2025

Download your copy now here: portals.iucn.org/library/node...

The IUCN Guidebook for Assessing and Improving Social Equity in Marine Conservation launched this week. Available to download now: portals.iucn.org/library/node...

You can also join us for a webinar on October 28th to learn more!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#consocsci #marsocsci #marineequity

Accounting for human–nature linkages in area‐based conservation monitoring through social–ecological indicator bundles As the coverage of area-based conservation increases across the globe, it is critical to improve understanding of the social and ecological outcomes of such measures and the pathways to their outcome...

RESEARCH: Accounting for human–nature linkages in area-based conservation monitoring through social–ecological indicator bundles. Co-authored by Drs. @annaschuhbauer.bsky.social & @nathanjbennett.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... via @society4conbio.bsky.social

Reverse the great rewiring of childhood with a great rewilding of childhood: Jeff Opperman Across all neighborhoods, relinquishing parental control remains a challenge, but can be accomplished most effectively through collective action — parents, neighborhoods, and schools working together ...

My new op-ed on how we need a "great rewilding" of childhood to counteract the "great rewiring of childhood" described in Anxious Generation @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social

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Identifying and closing gaps in corporate reporting of ocean impacts - Nature Sustainability Increasing transparency about firms’ reporting of environmental impacts is especially important in the context of a growing ocean economy. This study analyses the content of sustainability and annual ...

🌊 How are the largest companies reporting their impacts on ocean ecosystems?

In new research co-authored by ORRAA Board Member, Robert Blasiak, a study reviewed 75 major companies across eight sectors of the ocean economy.

🔗 Find out more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Recommendations to transform fisheries in a wellbeing economy.

Many fisheries worldwide are unsustainable, driven by overfishing and a focus on economic growth. What if fisheries were managed for wellbeing instead?

This is the question we ask in this new paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#NewPaper in Science Advances finds that domestic fishing vessels account for the majority of port visits around the world. Comprehensive inspections at port for both foreign and domestic fishing fleets are a key deterrent for #illegalfishing.

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Frontiers | Ocean equity: from assessment to action to improve social equity in ocean governance Inequity is ubiquitous in the ocean, and social equity receives insufficient attention in ocean governance and management efforts. Thus, we assert that propo...

Interesting stuff from @nathanjbennett.bsky.social on monitoring approaches to measure progress towards "ocean equity" 👇. @oceanpia.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Thanks Markus, and stay tuned, we have an IUCN CEESP report coming out specifically focused on marine conservation at the upcoming world conservation congress.

A global village coming together for a plastic pollution treaty Inger Andersen's speech at a multi-stakeholder event ahead of INC-5.2.

Ahead of talks to #BeatPlasticPollution in Geneva, grateful to the Government of Switzerland for hosting the #INC5.2 Multistakeholder Forum.

We need a #PlasticsTreaty for the people that helps deliver on the right of everyone, everywhere to a safe, healthy environment.

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Seismic noise from oil companies threatens Amazon River Mouth marine life OIAPOQUE, Brazil —  At the northernmost tip of Brazil, where the Amazon spills into the Atlantic, a fragile web of estuaries, mangroves, submerged reefs and open sea is showing signs of distress.…

Petrobras has been conducting surveys since 2013 using seismic airgun blasts that can destabilize marine ecosystems by interrupting essential communication in the marine food chain.

What happens to artisanal fishers when a deep-sea fishing port comes to town? This is Mongabay’s second story in a short series about the new Shimoni Fish Port. Read the first story here. SHIMONI, Kenya — On a drizzly March afternoon, more than two dozen vessels bobbed on…

What happens to artisanal fishers when a deep-sea fishing port comes to town?

Invitation to Organizations and Individuals to Support "A Call to Action to Support and Safeguard Ocean Defenders" Globally, the human rights of coastal populations and communities are threatened by a rapidly expanding ocean economy and related impacts on the environment and people. Local individuals, groups, and ...

🚨 📣 Yesterday at UN Open Conference, we launched a Call To Action to Support and Safeguard Ocean Defenders! 📣🚨

We call on the international #ocean community to recognize #HumanRights to a healthy ocean & the need to maintain safe civic spaces for ocean defenders.

🔗 SIGN HERE: tinyurl.com/mt6fp25b

Kicking off our event at #UNOC3 with #OceanDefenders sharing their personal testimonies - brave, wise and important stories to hear on this global stage 🌊📣

@riseup4theocean.bsky.social @nathanjbennett.bsky.social

#CoastalCommunities are at the intersection of #HumanRights abuses & #ocean protection. At #UNOC3, we're supporting a high-level side event bringing #CoastalCommunities & #OceanDefenders together with civil & public sectors, & govt reps, to explore challenges and solutions 👇👇

A healthy #ocean is a #HumanRight. Join us at #UNOC3 as we spotlight testimonies of #OceanDefenders & drive support for their right to a healthy ocean.

📅 11 June, 16:45–18:45 - Launch of A Call To Action to support & safeguard Ocean Defenders

🔗 events.humanitix.com/ocean-defend...