Les spécialistes appellent à l’adoption de mesures de conservation à l’heure où un nombre croissant d’espèces passent dans la catégorie « en danger ».

The Shark Specialist Group (SSG) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released updated Red List assessments for more than 50 species of sharks and rays. Of particular concern is the Shortfin Mako whose global classification has changed from Vulnerable to Endangered.

Last week, the Shark Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced that many sharks are closer to the brink than feared. 17 of 58 species evaluated are now facing extinction. Of particular concern is the Shortfin Mako Shark, now listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. These results are alarming but game-changing policies are within our grasp this year. Standing up for sharks has never been so urgent.

A new initiative to engage cities in the fight for clean, healthy seas by improving municipal waste collection and management systems launched on March 7 at The Economist World Ocean Summit in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Working with leaders from city governments, academia, civil society and the private sector, 'Urban Ocean' will develop best practices for embedding the reduction of marine plastic waste into other core city priorities like public health, economic growth and job creation.

Coral reef restoration activities were carried out throughout 2018 as part of the International Year of the Reef celebrations by the dive community of Okinawa.

Chelsea and Emma always had a passion for the ocean. Both were starting their dive careers in a PADI Dive Centre in Malaysia when they felt compelled to act after seeing that the plastic consumption around the world was devouring our oceans and lands at an alarming rate.

Japan and the United Nations Environment Programme today announced they will join hands in effort to boost information and know-how to develop countermeasures against marine plastic litter in Southeast Asia and India.

Sri Lanka, also known as the pearl of the Indian Ocean, is desperate for change. It's gorgeous coastlines and turquoise clear waters filled with marine life is under a lot of pressure from an increasing amount of unmanaged plastic pollution.