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Join us in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the 28th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP28), a global climate change forum bringing together scientists, government and industry leaders, and professionals of all walks of life to inform, inspire and act on climate change.
News | 27 Nov, 2023
New report on High Seas Biodiversity Treaty gives accessible at-a-glance introduction
This introductory report's target audience is professionals from governments, civil society, private sector, and other stakeholders who know multilateral processes and treaties but are not high seas “BBNJ (biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction) experts”. The report is more digestible than…
Grey literature | 2023
High Seas Biodiversity Treaty Policy Brief
An Introduction to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
Story | 03 Mar, 2023
Women fishers in Manipur’s Loktak Lake strive for its restoration
Salam Rajesh, CEESP member
The fishing community in Manipur’s Loktak Lake faces a tough life negotiating between the need to eke out a living in a wetland whose ecosystem is fairly degraded, and striving to take part in its restoration. The women fishers share equal…
Story | 02 Mar, 2023
Supporting small-scale fisher women’s livelihoods in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
Buhle Francis, early-career researcher at One Ocean Hub and the Environmental Learning Research Centre (ELRC) at Rhodes University
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
CEESP News: Judith Baetaa & Cristina Chaminadeb
This contribution presents some key initiatives supporting blue transitions in the Pacific of Costa Rica and discusses the challenges that the adoption of these initiatives bring to NGOs supporting communities of Small-Scale Artisanal…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
The other ocean conference: an invitation to listen and join the plight of the Ocean Peoples
CEESP News: Paula Satizábal1 & Philippe Le Billon2 Ocean peoples are resisting the criminalization, dispossession and exclusion of small-scale fisheries. Join and listen to the plight of Ocean Peoples at the Conference of the Ocean People, on the 26th, 28th, 30th June, at 4:00pm CET, as a…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
Developing new partnerships for protecting small-scale fishers' human rights
CEESP News: Elisa Morgera, Director, One Ocean Hub, and Professor of Global Environmental Law at University of Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow (UK) and CEESP member
The One Ocean Hub, a global research coalition, is co-developing partnerships at different scales, between fishers'…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
Progressing gender equality in the fisheries sector
CEESP News: Dr. Sangeeta Mangubhai1 & Dr. Sarah Lawless2
Gender equality is critical for effective and equitable conservation and development outcomes in coastal countries. Commitments to gender equality have surged, yet the depth and effectiveness of these commitments are unclear. A…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
Progress on Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas (CBSFA)
CEESP News: The authors of this article are members of the E Alu Pu Network the founding network of Kua'aina Ulu Auamo or KUA, an inaugural IUCN IPO Member. KUA's Executive Director Kevin Chang is a member of CEESP.
World Oceans Day in Hawai’i coincided this year with real progress on…