Tag: mundus maris

2023 has started with some very promising political action. Last December, politicians reached a crucial agreement and made a landmark declaration to implemented protected areas on 30% of the ocean and land by 2023, at the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15). This February, the EU convened ocean stakeholders in Brussels to take stock of the initial efforts of the EU Mission…

On the upside in September we had inspiring meetings bundling the voices of small-scale fishers and showing with good examples of collective action what’s possible when they stand together, work on solutions and seek to broaden alliances. This was the case at the SSF Summit in Rome supported by the FAO and the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) which then carried its findings and demands forward to the…