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Tag: MPA

Crystal clear water in the Maldives.

Sea Around Us and ProtectedSeas Navigator join forces for greater ocean data transparency

January 20, 2025January 21, 2025
Crystal clear water in the Maldives.

Crystal clear water in the Maldives. Photo by wardyboy400, Wikimedia Commons.

The Sea Around Us initiative at the University of British Columbia and ProtectedSeas Navigator, a free, interactive map of marine regulatory information worldwide, have partnered to expand users’ access to marine protected area (MPA) information.

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Daniel Pauly, Sea Around Us - IMPAC5 - 5Feb2023 - Photo by IISD - IMPAC5

Daniel Pauly at IMPAC5 – De facto MPAs vs. paper parks

February 13, 2023January 4, 2024

What is the difference between marine protected areas that actually work and paper parks?

With the premise in mind, the Sea Around Us principal investigator, Dr. Daniel Pauly, offered a keynote presentation at the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5), held in Vancouver from February 3 to February 9, 2023.

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Sea Around Us PhD candidate going to COP27

Sea Around Us PhD candidate going to COP27

September 15, 2022January 4, 2024
Sea Around Us PhD candidate going to COP27

Veronica Relano.

 

The Sea Around Us PhD candidate Veronica Relano is among the 10 members of the University of British Columbia’s delegation travelling to Egypt to attend the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27).

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Local stakeholder involvement key to understanding protection level of MPAs

Local stakeholder involvement key to understanding protection level of MPAs

August 5, 2022January 4, 2024

Local stakeholder involvement key to understanding protection level of MPAs
Red pencil urchin at the Papahānaumokuākea MPA. Photo by James Watt, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – Pacific Region, Wikimedia Commons.

Knowledge provided by local stakeholders such as non-governmental organizations, academics, civil servants, journalists, and fishers can be valuable for evaluating the effectiveness of countries’ marine protected areas (MPAs).

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Partners & Sub-Projects

The Sea Around Us has several key research partners who collaborate with us on an ongoing basis. In addition, we engage with occasional, targeted sub-projects based on issues of common interest.

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Recent News

UBC researchers launch Africa-UBC Oceans & Fisheries Visiting Fellows Program

University of British Columbia researchers Dr. Rashid Sumaila and Dr. Daniel Pauly have launched the Africa-UBC Oceans & Fisheries Visiting Fellows Program, whose goal is to inspire exceptional young African researchers to develop ocean and freshwater sustainability solutions.

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