Laura Meriläinen
Partnering with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries
The One Ocean Hub, together with UN partners the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme, have now engaged the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize a series of engagements to strengthen the recognition and protection of human rights of small-scale fishers and their communities during the International […]
Contributing to the EU-Africa Joint Ocean Governance Agenda
The European Commission published their final report ‘Feasibility Study on establishing an EU-Africa Task Force for policy cooperation and dialogue on International Ocean Governance’ in January 2022. The purpose of the study is to further the EU’s cooperation with Africa in a joint ocean governance agenda. The One Ocean Hub Director, Professor Elisa Morgera, was […]
New DEEP Fund Projects
One Ocean Hub is thrilled to announce the addition of two new DEEP Fund projects to our programme of community-based art research. We are very proud to have formed new partnerships in Africa and the South Pacific in what has been an extremely challenging time given the ongoing global impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, along […]
fishers tales: stories with the sea
Subsistence and small-scale fishers in KwaZulu-Natal practice a livelihood that holds deep spiritual and cultural meaning. In this coastal province of South Africa fishers make up a dynamic and diverse group that has vast intergenerational knowledge of the ocean, yet their voices are seldom heard in the rush for the Blue Economy. Hub researchers in […]
Deep Connections: Fostering Emotional Connection for Ocean Governance Lessons from an Oscar-winning Octopus
The diversity of human connections to the ocean is equal to the diversity of our current and past ocean experiences, practices, resources and values. The harvester on the shore may remind you that the ocean sustains her family and a fisher may claim that salt water runs in his veins. Divers are drawn by the […]
short FILM exploring the challenges of small-scale fishers accessing the ocean
Hub researchers in South Africa have been working on a film exploring the challenges of small-scale fishers accessing the ocean and coasts in Tsitsikamma, South Africa after the area was established as a Marine Protected Area (MPA). The film, entitled Following Freddie, documents the complexities of sustainable ocean and coastal management in an area that […]
Advising on the Global Biodiversity Framework to be adopted in 2022
Hub researcher Lynne Shannon (University of Cape Town, South Africa) has provided advice on the draft ‘post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework’ currently being negotiated under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). She served on the organizing committee of an Expert Working Group comprised of over 50 scientists from around the world, in a concerted effort […]
Hub becomes official partner of the Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative
The One Ocean Hub has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI) to collaborate on children’s rights to a healthy environment, including a safe climate and a healthy ocean. CERI is an international multi-stakeholder platform to ensure that children’s rights are placed at the centre of environmental decision-making and […]
Participating in seismic shifts in ocean research and advocacy collaboration in South Africa
Over the past two months One Ocean Hub researchers in South Africa have made a significant transdisciplinary contribution towards ensuring that the best available scientific evidence, socio-ecological knowledge, and human-rights based environmental governance contribute to determine whether two planned seismic surveys should be undertaken along the coastline. The applications for these surveys reflect a growing […]
