News and Blogs
Protecting the ocean for future generations in the Solomon Islands
This blog speaks to the importance of the local ocean knowledge upheld and promoted by the youth in the Solomon Islands – the country under whose custodianship is the vast expanse of the ocean space, and home to the communities who bear the brunt of the pollution, over-exploitation of ocean resources and climate change. The […]
Contributing views on future work of the Just Transition Work Programme of the UN Climate Change Convention and the 2024 Bonn Ocean-Climate Dialogue
In February 2024, we collaborated with the Human Rights and Climate Change Working Group in preparing a joint submission on views on the work to be undertaken and the possible topics for the dialogues under the Just Transition Work Programme, which was established at the UN Climate COP28. The Hub contributions focused on small-scale fishers’ […]
Contributing to guidance on business responsibility to respect human rights in the fisheries sector
As part of the One Ocean Hub’s contributions to international processes on business and human rights in the ocean context, the Hub was invited to participate in a consultation on the draft outline of the small-scale fishing section of the FAO Guidance on Social Responsibility in the Fisheries and Aquaculture value chain, and to review […]
Hub engagement and events at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference
The Hub team has several reasons to await with anticipation the 2024 Ocean Decade conference in Barcelona. Alongside delivering two satellite events and a poster session, the Hub researchers will also team up with new partners and colleagues from the UN Ocean Literacy Dialogues to co-create activities that will engage participants in thinking about and caring for […]
SPOTLIGHT ON EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHER: Natanah Gusha
I am Natanah Gusha, a marine biologist and early-career researcher. I have been working for the One Ocean Hub at the University of Namibia and Rhodes University in South Africa. In the broadest sense, I am generally passionate about the marine environment and its biodiversity. My research niche has primarily been understanding dynamics within nearshore […]
Drawing attention to children’s human rights in the context of development, the effects of climate change on education, and the protection of land
In February-March 2024, the Hub has contributed to three international processes on the human right to development, the human right to education, and the human rights that depend on land and natural resources with a view to highlighting relevant contributions from the UN General Comment no 26 on Children’s Rights and the Environment, with a […]
What next for the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement?
In 2022, to much fanfare, the membership of the World Trade Organisation reached an historic Agreement to discipline certain types of fisheries subsidies to achieve environmental aims linked to the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS) has not yet reached the required number of ratifications to enter into force. Perhaps […]
Empatheatre wins two Humanities and Social Sciences awards
Hub researcher Dylan McGarry (Rhodes University, South Africa) has won two awards at the 9th National institute of humanities and social science 2024 (HSS Awards) awards in South Africa. He received an award for ‘Best Digital Humanities for Community Engagement’ with Empatheatre co-creator Mpume Mthombeni for the animated film “Indlela Yokuphila: The Soul’s Journey”. The […]
Reflections on the processes, challenges and deep learning from the Hurinin Project
This blog post reflects on the One Ocean Hub’s ‘Hurinin Project’ in Namibia which is an Indigenous youth-led art-based research project on ocean cultural heritage. Specifically, the blog post reflects on the key insights which emerged from the research process, some of the challenges that were experienced, and the way forward. The ‘Hurinin Project’ started […]
