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Press Releases
June 4, 2020
Oceana calls on UK government to rewild our seas by creating 10% Highly Protected Marine Areas
Oceana calls on the UK to protect at least 10% of UK seas in Highly Protected Marine Areas. At present, about 30% of UK seas are designated as Marine Protected…
May 20, 2020
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%…
March 3, 2020
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…
December 4, 2019
Oceana calls on Finland and Sweden to designate a joint area to protect Quark’s unique ecosystem
Oceana proposes that Finland and Sweden create a transboundary marine protected area in the Quark, as current protections are patchy and do not guarantee the preservation of this unique area….
October 24, 2019
Seulement 1,5% des mers françaises sont réellement protégées
Du 22 au 24 octobre 2019 se tiendra le 4ème Colloque national des Aires Marines Protégées, à Biarritz. Les enjeux sont très importants puisque la France possède le 2ème espace…
May 30, 2019
UK becomes ocean champion with 41 new Marine Conservation Zones
The UK government has announced today that it will create 41 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs), taking the new total of MCZs in the UK to 91 Zones, which together…
May 14, 2019
The mapping of its deep habitats could be used as a model to improve the management and conservation of this and other protected areasIn the research journal Aquatic conservation: Marine…
February 1, 2019
Spain to create second-largest marine national park in the Mediterranean, south of Mallorca
Spain is set to announce today it will create the second-largest marine national park in the Mediterranean[i], making the area of Cabrera National Park nine times larger and taking the total…
November 14, 2018
Oceana applauds Denmark’s decision to increase protection for the Sound
Oceana applauds the Danish government’s decision to end sand dredging in the Sound (Öresund) from January 2019 and to not issue new permits or renew the current ones, which expire…
November 13, 2018
Urgent political will needed to halt European marine habitat neglect
ClientEarth, Coalition Clean Baltic, Oceana, Seas at Risk and WWF warn that marine life across Europe is being harmed because member states are neglecting to actively manage marine protected areas….
