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wubabweebil · 11 months

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Remember to protect the sea and the beauties within it!!

Here are some ways you can help! 🐟 Reduce Re-use Recycle 🐋 Conserve water 🐬 Support sustainable seafood sources (especially if you eat it) 🐳 Support trustworthy organizations like:

Oceana

Marine Conservation Institute

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

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jhoffmannphotography · 2 years

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SoCal Sunsets | Hollywood Beach | California. I stayed a week in my old stomping grounds in Southern California. Every night we were treated to a great sunset. I’m beginning to think sunset photography might be my “thing.” Be sure to sign up on my website www.jhoffmannphotography.com #yourshotphotographer #natgeo #natgeoyourshot #sunset #beach #seascape #saveourseas #conservation #socal #california #californialove #explore #wander #wanderlust #getoutside https://www.instagram.com/p/CdKD1qEpQVB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#yourshotphotographer #natgeo #natgeoyourshot #sunset #beach #seascape #saveourseas #conservation #socal #california #californialove #explore #wander #wanderlust #getoutside

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worldoceansday · 10 months

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70% of the planet is covered by oceans.

But it is enough for us to know that the oceans are threatened by global warming, acidification and pollution. Time is running out, we need bold actions to #SaveOurOcean

#world oceans day #sdg14 #oceans and seas #coastal areas #saveourocean #saveourseas #UNESCO #Ocean basins #Ocean Arctic #antarctic ocean #indian ocean #atlantic ocean #pacific ocean #The ocean we want for the future we want #clean oceans

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npskudlu · 11 months

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Why World Ocean Day?

Welcome to National Public School Kudlu! As we gather here on this special occasion of World Ocean Day, let us embark on a remarkable journey into the depths of the mighty blue that covers over 70% of our planet. Today, we celebrate the ocean—the life-giving force that sustains us, supports biodiversity, fuels our economy, and offers us countless adventures. Join us as we dive into the depths of knowledge and discover the significance of our magnificent oceans.

The Ocean's Purpose: Why It Matters:

Did you know that the ocean is responsible for producing at least 50% of the oxygen we breathe? That's right! Each breath we take is a gift from our vast and powerful ocean. Beyond oxygen production, the ocean also acts as a sanctuary for the Earth's remarkable biodiversity. It is home to millions of unique species, from the tiniest plankton to the majestic whales that grace our seas.

But the ocean's importance doesn't stop there. It serves as the primary source of protein for over a billion people worldwide. It nourishes our bodies and sustains coastal communities by providing an abundance of fish and seafood. Moreover, the ocean plays a significant role in our global economy. By 2030, an estimated 40 million people will be employed in ocean-based industries, contributing to the growth and prosperity of nations around the world.

Conserving the Ocean: Our Collective Responsibility:

Now that we understand the immense value of our oceans, it becomes our collective responsibility to conserve them. As members of National Public School Kudlu, we have the power to create positive change and protect the oceans for future generations. Here are some ways we can contribute:

Spread Awareness: Educate others about the importance of the ocean. Share your newfound knowledge with family, friends, and classmates. Inspire them to take action and become ocean ambassadors themselves.

Reduce Plastic Pollution: Plastic waste poses a severe threat to marine life and ecosystems. Say no to single-use plastics, recycle diligently, and participate in beach cleanup drives. Let's make a conscious effort to keep our oceans clean and free from harmful debris.

Conserve Water: The ocean and its inhabitants rely on freshwater sources. By conserving water in our daily lives, we can reduce the strain on these vital resources and ensure a healthier environment for both land and sea.

Support Sustainable Seafood: When choosing seafood, opt for sustainably sourced options. This decision helps protect ocean ecosystems and ensures the long-term viability of fish populations.

Conclusion: The Time for Action is Now!

As we celebrate World Oceans Day here at National Public School Kudlu, let us recognize the incredible role the ocean plays in our lives. From providing oxygen to sustaining biodiversity and supporting livelihoods, the ocean's significance cannot be overstated. We have a duty to preserve and protect this vast and remarkable ecosystem.

So, let's join hands, dear students, and take a pledge to conserve the ocean and keep our beaches clean. Together, we can make a difference. As we move forward, let us remember that our actions today shape the future of our oceans tomorrow.

Happy World Ocean Day! Let's dive into a brighter, bluer future!

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zenaholloway · 2 years

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Grass root with natural lac dye 🧡 A few years ago I came across some willow root growing underwater in a river in the UK and it got me thinking about the binding properties of root: What if we could grow our clothes from seed? As an underwater photographer (my real job @zenaholloway ) I was looking for solutions to the problem of plastic pollution in our oceans and I found that I could sustainably grow grass seed in beeswax moulds.   Scientists predict that nearly all the coral will be gone by 2050 due to global warming 😢 so my response is to grow a sustainable coral reef from grass root. I want to imagine a future that still has coral reefs. They support 25% of all marine life, and are some of the most spectacular places on the planet (especially if you’re an underwater photographer 😉) I’ll be exhibiting my ‘coral’ with Material Matters from 22-25 September, top floor at the iconic Bargehouse @oxotowerwharf on London’s South Bank.  Be sure to register early for free tickets on @materialmatters.design See you there… #saveouroceans #saveourseas #coralbleaching #coral #artforchange #ecoart #bioart #fibreart #slowart #rethink #biotechnology #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #maker #contemporarycraft #makersmovement (at The Oxo Tower, Southbank) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiVbsXjoRpF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#saveouroceans #saveourseas #coralbleaching #coral #artforchange #ecoart #bioart #fibreart #slowart #rethink #biotechnology #naturaldye #naturaldyeing #maker #contemporarycraft #makersmovement

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saveourseas · 2 years

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How does waste end up in the ocean?

#ocean pollution #ocean conservation #dredging #dead zone #aquatic life #lobster #oil spill #runoff #awareness #polluted water #animals #health #saveourseas

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jimabernethy · 2 years

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#Repost from our Totally Awesome Vegan Conservationist at...@oneprotest —— Help us ensure that the five students responsible for killing a shark and hanging the body from rafters at Ponte Vedra High are held accountable for their actions. OneProtest's founder, Adam Sugalski, was called to do another interview yesterday. Please sign & share our petition to raise awareness and get justice for the shark. https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/05/06/petition-seeks-criminal-charges-against-students-who-hung-dead-shark-from-rafters-at-ponte-vedra-high/ . . . #Shark #Sharks #sharkwatch #SharkLover #SharkWeek #SharkLife #Florida #FloridaLiving #FL #StJohns #MarineConservation #School #highschool #OceanConservation #SaveOurSeas #SaveSharks #AnimalAdvocacy #OneProtest #wildlife #savesharks #oceanadvocate #fishfeelpain (at Ponte Vedra High School) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdV_04_una9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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samoceanwarrior · 2 years

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Eyes into the underwater world collection on OpenSea

https://opensea.io/collection/eyes-into-the-underwaterworld

#nft #nftphotography #ecowarrior #danielsasse #marinelifeprotection #oceandefender #savetheoceans #saveourseas #ouroceans #underwaterphotography

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fancy-dapper-fox · 24 days

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April Post on Heavy Topic

Hello, Today I am posting about how Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing affects Coral Reef Health. I will also be briefly touching on how law enforcement “compliance” plays into this. I am in a Marine Science Club and am using the club’s monthly project of creating a post about tropical conservation concerns as an opportunity to share information I’ve researched. If anyone reads my post and has additional info, please share! Also, the information I give is really summaries of what I’ve looked into so I will be providing links to my sources.

So the first thing I want to talk about is what exactly coral reefs are and what makes them so important. According to the International Coral Reef Initiative there are over 100 species of coral reef (that we’ve discovered so far) and despite how they cover less than 1% of the ocean floor they support an estimate of over 25% of all marine life. The coral reefs support that marine life by providing suitable habitat areas – they minimize waves and current impact and provide safe breeding and resting grounds. Something to also remember is that they don’t just support marine life, they also support human life – mainly people who live on coastlines and rely on income from fishing and tourism (I’ll touch more on this later). The human reliance on the coral reefs can be positive as it helps monitor marine life and prevent overpopulation but it can also bring a harmful issue – IUU.

So what exactly is IUU? The International Maritime Organization (IMO) describes it as “IUU fishing takes advantage of corruption and exploits weak management regimes, in particular those of countries lacking the capacity and resources for effective monitoring, control, and surveillance (MCS). IUU fishing threatens marine biodiversity, livelihoods, exacerbates poverty, and augments food insecurity.” and the U.S Department of State office of Marine Conservation gives a very important point that “IUU fishing can take on many forms, ranging from small-scale vessels misreporting their catch or straying into a neighboring country’s waters, to coordinated efforts by transnational crime syndicates. IUU fishing can also undermine port and maritime security, as criminal elements may use similar trade routes, landing sites, and vessels as used for smuggling migrants, and trafficking arms, drugs, and other contraband.”

To make this information a bit easier to understand: IUU fishing uses law enforcement gaps to overfish and opens routes for even more criminal activity. IUU fishing affects the environment and all living things in it (even humans are not immune to this activity).

Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated fishing threatens the reefs health because most illegal fishers are not concerned about the damage they do – they destroy coral to get to fish, they spill chemicals by accident near the reefs, they deplete the areas of algae which is a plant coral has a symbiote relationship with.

All this IUU and the damage that happens during it creates a domino effect of health problems for the coral reefs making them inhabitable which drives the marine life away which in turn ruins the environment.

Something I want to note really quick is a vocab term that is coming up --- MPA's : Marine Protected Areas

“Many MPA experts consider insufficient enforcement to be one of the primary drivers of non-compliance in MPAs (Iacarella et al. 2021), and gaps in enforcement often result from a deficient budget (Kuempel et al., 2017). Non-compliance is likely to become an increasingly widespread problem for MPAs if we prioritize MPA coverage over MPA quality. A 2017 study examining data of hundreds of MPAs from every temperate and tropical ocean basin found that 65% of managers describe their budget as inadequate and 91% describe their staff capacity as “below optimum” (Gill et al. 2017). Therefore, to make MPAs as effective as possible, we must focus on adequately financing and staffing them to facilitate high enforcement and compliance levels.” This quote is from The Marine Conservation Institute. Even thought the information is a bit dated I thought it was a good idea to include this piece of information. Now when I ay law enforcement “compliance” I am specifically talking about certain people in the law enforcement departments compliance to remain ignorant towards the importance of monitoring MPA. A lot of times patrols don’t deem certain areas to be of importance or law enforcers like judges don’t see that protecting “some plants and fish” is important enough to dish out punishment to IUU people.

So because of negligence, ignorance, or even just minor oversights a lot of IUU people get away with their illegal activity.

I'm of course not going after or attacking every single law enforcement official because quite a few of them do take their work seriously but realistically it only takes a few "bad" law enforcers to creates gaps in the system that illegal fishers can take advantage of.

Not to mention there are publicized cases on law enforcement officials who have been suspected or confirmed of taking bribes so that people slip through the cracks of the justice system.

Now I'm going to talk a bit more on how/why humans are affected by the decline of Coral Reef Health:

Coral ecosystems protect coastlines from storms and erosion, provide jobs and income to local economies from fishing, recreation, and tourism. And in addition to that they are a source of new medicines, and they have cultural significance.

The continued decline of coral reef ecosystems will have significant social, cultural, economic and ecological impacts on people and communities in the U.S. and around the world.

Of course, not all hope is lost - it's not all doom and gloom.

There are many conservation projects + programs being worked on to help the coral reefs. There is the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL), the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, The Ocean's Harmony no-profit organization and many more.

There are even volunteer programs: (These are just a few, I will attach a link with a list of more)

Coral Reef and Diving Project – Thailand

Coral Reef Restoration in Bali

Great Barrier Reef Conservation in Australia

Caribbean Reef Diving Project in Carriacou, West Indies

Island Volunteering Project in the Maldives

Coral Reef Restoration Volunteer (Volunteer world website)

And you don't have to volunteer or work in the marine science or conservation field to help!

You could repost/like/share info on online platforms. You can fact check articles you read. You can involve yourself in voting for environment protection bills. You can watch live videos of researchers (Like nautiluslive on Instagram) You can go to community events. Report suspected IUU when you see it (Stay safe though). You could buy books, clothing, art, jewelry (like fahlo) to support conservation programs financially. You can teach your kids, friends, family (pets?) to spread awareness. YOU CAN EDUCATE YOURSELF.

Before I end my little ted talk I do want to bring attention to one more group who has worked hard on the conservation of Coral Reefs:

The Queensland Indigenous Women Rangers Network (QIWRN).

Ever since they launched in 2018 the organization has worked as representation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Queensland. They have worked on their conservation efforts as rangers, mapping land and tracking changes within the local ecosystems.

I hope everyone who reads this find it inspiring and educational.

Sources:

NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) - Who We Are

Understanding Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing | NOAA Fisheries

Coral Reefs: Status, Risks and Outlook | World Resources Institute (wri.org)

Why are coral reefs dying? (unep.org)

Four reasons illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing affects us and what we can do about it | FAO Stories | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing (imo.org)

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing - United States Department of State

Saving the Coral Reefs: 9 Innovations in Coral Reef Restoration (treehugger.com)

Meet the Indigenous Women Leading Conservation Efforts in the Great Barrier Reef | Condé Nast Traveler (cntraveler.com)

Benefits of coral reefs | ICRI (icriforum.org)

Coral reefs: Essential and threatened | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (noaa.gov)

Restoring Coral Reefs | NOAA Fisheries

Projects - Oceans' Harmony (oceansharmony.org)

The Top 7 Coral Reef Conservation Volunteer Projects | WorkingAbroad

▷ Coral Reef Restoration 🐚| Reef Conservation 2024 | Volunteer World

#CoralReefs #IUUFishing #MarineConservation #IllegalFishing #OceanProtection #EnvironmentalJustice #ConservationEfforts #EcosystemProtection #GovernanceMatters #CorruptionFree #ProtectOurOceans #Biodiversity #ClimateAction #SaveOurSeas

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dpskampteeroad · 11 months

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World Ocean Day

On World Oceans Day, it is crucial that we unite to protect and preserve these invaluable resources. By recognizing the immense importance of oceans and taking collective action to address issues such as pollution, overfishing, and habitat destruction, we can ensure the long-term health and sustainability of our oceans.

#orcas #oceanlovers #savethesharks #oceanplastic #marinedebris #oceancreatures #protecttheocean #saveouroceans #worldoceansday #protectouroceans #blueplanet #saveourseas #coralreef #uwphoto #ocean #diving #divecompareworld #playtray #saveourplanet

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knowmerit · 11 months

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Embrace the power of our oceans this World Ocean Day! 🌊💙 Let's unite to raise awareness about ocean conservation and safeguard its incredible biodiversity. Together, we can make a difference by taking action to protect and preserve our blue planet. 🌍✨

#WorldOceanDay #OceanConservation #ProtectOurOceans #SaveOurSeas #knowmerit #edtech #education #bestonlinetutor

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bassaminfotech · 11 months

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"Blue as far as the eye can see. Celebrating the incredible wonders of our oceans on World Ocean Day! 💙🌊

https://bassaminfotech.com/

#OceanExplorer #OceanDreams #ProtectOurOceans #OceanConservation #OceanLove #SeasideBliss #SaveOurSeas #WorldOceanDay

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prahimofficial · 11 months

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World Ocean Day

Oceans are our source of life and we must join hands to protect them.

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#prahim #prahiminvestments #WorldOceanDay #protectouroceans #oceanconservation #saveourseas #oceanawareness #marinelife #blueplanet #oceanlove #cleanoceans #oceanprotection #oceanhealth

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paramountltd · 1 year

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“On The Occasion of Dolphin Day, we are sending you a warm greeting. May the love of dolphins is always there to spread joy into our lives.” Happy National Dolphin Day!

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talk2move-fundraising · 1 year

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rfolgreicher Einsatz für den Schutz der Meeresbewohner: @seasheperd verzeichnet großen Rückgang illegalen Fischfangs im Golf von Kalifornien Sea Sheperd ist eine Umweltorganisation, die sich für den Schutz von Meerestieren einsetzt. Ihre Kampagne „Operation Milagro V“ zielt darauf ab, den illegalen Fischfang von Totoaba-Fischen im Golf von Kalifornien zu bekämpfen, da dieser dazu führt, dass auch der vom Aussterben bedrohte Vaquita (Golftümmler) in den Netzen gefangen wird. Sea Sheperd patrouilliert mit Schiffen und Drohnen in der Region, um illegalen Fischern auf die Spur zu kommen. Sie setzen auch Akustikdetektoren ein, um den Aufenthaltsort der Goldtümmler zu ermitteln und sie vor den Fischernetzen zu warnen. Bisher hat die „Operation Milagro V“ dazu beigetragen, mehr als 3500 Fischernetze aus dem Golf von Kalifornien zu entfernen und mehr als 100 illegale Fischer festzunehmen. Die Organisation arbeitet seit 2015 auch eng mit der mexikanischen Regierung und anderen NGO’s zusammen, um langfristige Lösungen zur Rettung der Golftümmler und anderer Meeresbewohner zu finden. Somit konnten die illegalen Fischeraktivitäten im vergangen Jahr um 72% reduziert werden. (Quelle: Good News Magazin) Quelle: http://ow.ly/WKOu50Ne9s5

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respectanimalrights · 1 year

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#Repost @whalesorg —— Seeing wild whales and dolphins is a privilege and they deserve respect. This incident is firm reminder why swimming with these incredible creatures is never recommended. More in our bio.➡️ @whalesorg #saveourseas #bekindtoanimals #savetheocean #saveourdolphins #EmptyTheTanks ..... You must either be content with your life as it is or take action to change it. Kimberly (at The Ocean) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpa79wBt8Dr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#repost #saveourseas #bekindtoanimals #savetheocean #saveourdolphins #emptythetanks

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