Sarah Lewis
SPOTLIGHT ON EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHER: Geslaine Gonçalves
My name is Geslaine Gonçalves and I am currently an early-career researcher with the One Ocean Hub at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, (UK). My research currently focuses on micro to megaplastic pollution of mangroves and sandy beaches in Ghana, investigating plastic input sources, transport routes, accumulation, and hazards. My research interest is in […]
Women in Small-Scale Fisheries: Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop
From 11-13 June 2024, One Ocean Hub convened a three-day workshop focused on Women in Small-Scale Fisheries in Cape Coast, Ghana. This workshop centred on bringing together in person – for the first time – key knowledge holders from across the small-scale fishing communities that Hub researchers have been collaborating with in Ghana, Namibia, and […]
Challenging “parachute science” in conservation
On 30 May 2024, Hub Deputy Director, Philile Mbatha, gave a presentation as part of the seven-part World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 2024 “Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Seminar Series: Beyond Inclusive Conservation” hosted by Nathan Bennett from WWF International – in collaboration with The Fuller Fund and the International Union for Conservation of […]
Raising Awareness on Climate Priorities for Small Island Developing States
The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) under the overarching theme of “Charting the Course toward Resilient Prosperity” was held on 27 – 30 May 2024 in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. This blog post highlights key points from the Written Statement submitted on behalf of One Ocean Hub and the Environmental […]
Youth Digital Art and the Ocean
A new art exhibition has been added to the knowledge-translation platform One Ocean Learn, showcasing youth digital art that explores anthropogenic threats to the ocean. The selection of artworks by young people presented here were collated as part of the Go Deep Creative Challenge arts project organised by The Oxygen Project, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, and Peace […]
Reflecting on children’s rights and the right to a healthy environment
What are the intersections and opportunities for protecting children’s human rights and everyone’s right to a healthy environment, including a healthy ocean? Hub researchers Alana Malinde S. N. Lancaster (Environmental Law, Ocean Governance & Climate Justice Unit, University of the West Indies) and Elisa Morgera (University of Strathclyde) explored this question at an academic-practitioner workshop […]
Transforming ocean-decision making through innovative solutions
Hub researchers, Lynne Shannon (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Stuart Jeffrey (The Glasgow School of Art, UK)’s remarks during the 3rd World Biodiversity Forum emphasised the role of inter-and trans-disciplinary development research to advance science to ocean-biodiversity conservation actions and solutions and set us on a path towards sustainable transformation. The 3rd World Biodiversity […]
“More than the sum of its parts” – A brief reflection on the One Ocean Hub closing conference
The GCRF One Ocean Hub closing conference took place from 20-24 May 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa with approximately 100 participants from the Hub-wide network in attendance. The week-long workshop set out to celebrate the Hub’s five-year journey, making space to reflect on what we set out to achieve at the beginning of the […]
Hub researchers contributed to the UN Decade course on co-design
In May 2024, the UN launched a new, freely accessible, online training course on ‘Co-design for the Ocean Decade’, as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030 (‘Ocean Decade’). One Ocean Hub contributed to content development for the course, with inputs from Hub researchers, Mia Strand (Nelson Mandela University, University […]
