Habitat Protection Archives

Oceana welcomes new EU Biodiversity Strategy as critical to rebuilding marine resilience and enabling a ‘blue’ future for Europe

Oceana welcomes the European Commission’s much expected new 10-year plan, presented today, to save biodiversity and its ambition to deliver urgent action to protect the environment – something that 90% of EU citizens support (Eurobarometer Survey). Restoring healthy, well-functioning and resilient natural ecosystems is also central to the European Green Deal and has become an … Read more

15 biodiversity hotspots that lie deep beneath – a plea for protection

Amazing ocean-life discoveries Did you know how many amazing and unusual features lie deep in our ocean, some of whose uniqueness allows whole ecosystems to live within them? Here are some Oceana discovered in European waters on our research expeditions: 3D yellow tree coral (Dendrophyllia cornigera, Galicia – Spain) The 3D shape of its branches … Read more

Unprotected Marine Treasures: An Oceana proposal to protect 15 marine biodiversity hotspots in Europe

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Measures to avoid fisheries impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystem coral species

Protecting Marine Nature by 2030

Protecting the North Sea: Norway

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Oceana urges strong ambition to restore nature and oceans, EU to lead by example

Today the European Commission and the UN Environment Programme launched a Global Coalition for Biodiversity, building momentum ahead of the international negotiations of the UN Convention of Biological Diversity COP15 in China in October 2020. Oceana welcomes this call for action and urges all governments to agree on ambitious post-2020 targets that protect oceans effectively, … Read more

Oceana calls on EU and UK to not lower environmental standards in any future fisheries agreement

Oceana urges the EU and UK to commit to retain sustainable science-based management, high environmental standards and control of fishing activities in the negotiations for a bilateral fisheries agreement starting tomorrow. Fisheries is foreseen as one of the most controversial topics in the complex future relationship. While most of the awareness is focused on access … Read more

10 years to save the ocean

Environmental NGOs launch new rescue plan for Europe to make our ocean healthy by 2030 – Today, 102 environmental organisations1, led by Seas At Risk, BirdLife Europe, ClientEarth, Oceana, Surfrider Foundation Europe and WWF are launching the “Blue Manifesto”2. The rescue plan lays out concrete actions which must be delivered by set dates in order … Read more

Protecting the North Sea: Northern Danish Waters

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