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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 […]
Four co-authored papers arise from the Hub’s knowledge integration workshop
Hub researchers from Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, the Caribbean and the UK convened at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, South Africa for a five-day writing workshop (5-9 February 2024) to collaborate on inter-disciplinary papers focussing on high-impact Hub themes: Transdisciplinarity; Culture and art; Socio-legal aspects of small-scale fisheries; Climate vulnerability and National Blue Economy policies. The overall purpose of the writing workshop […]
Calling attention to the role of recreational fisheries in low and middle-income countries at the World Fisheries Congress
Hub researchers organised a workshop at the World Fisheries Congress on Recreational Fisheries Governance in low-and-middle-income countries in Seattle (US) in March 2024. Funded by the One Ocean Hub, to use this unique opportunity to attract and engage with participants from a global pool. Hub early-career researcher Alexander Winkler and Chris Bova (Rhodes University, South […]
Hub research included in UN Special Rapporteur’s report on right to food, fisheries and climate change
The 2024 report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, focused on fisheries and the right to food in the context of climate change (A/HRC/55/49), with a focus on the advancement of the human rights of small-scale fishers and Indigenous Peoples. The report sought to build on the work done […]
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’ […]
