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Nothing Comes without its World – Shimmering stories of human and more-than-human kinship
In May 2024 the One Ocean Hub team held their closing conference in Cape Town, and as one of the co-founders of the Hub it was a special privilege for me to invite the incredible Hub community to visit and participate in the opening of a new exhibition I curated, drawing deeply from our research […]
Celebrating World Ocean Day with Children and Youth
To mark World Ocean Day on 8 June 2024, Hub Director Elisa Morgera participated in a webinar organized by the UNEP Faith for Earth Youth Council and the Child and Youth Major Group to UNEP. This youth-led event offered a space for guided discussion with youth ocean defenders and allied adult leaders working to support young people in ocean awareness […]
New book assesses how international law is supporting (and how it can better support) equity and sustainability
Hub Director Elisa Morgera has published a new, open-access monograph ‘Fair and Equitable Benefit-sharing in International Law’ with Oxford University Press, assessing how and to what extent international law is supporting equity in environmental sustainability through the concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing at the intersection of international environmental law, international human rights law, and […]
How can you protect the ocean?
The importance of public participation, meaningful consultation, and the cultural and spiritual heritage of the ocean to South Africa’s small-scale fishers and coastal communities. In 2021, the High Court in Makhanda ruled that Shell and Impact Africa’s exploration right for a seismic survey along the Wild Coast was unlawful due to the lack of meaningful […]
One Ocean Learn launches a new learning pathway focusing on small-scale fishers
In anticipation of the Small-Scale Fisheries Summit (SSF Summit) in Rome (5-7 July 2024), the One Ocean Learn open access learning platform has launched a new Learning Pathway, ‘Recognising the human rights of small-scale fishers’. The Learning Pathway explores the extent to which small-scale fishers’ rights and recognised and protected, highlights the contributions and the knowledge of […]
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 […]
