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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 […]
Opening a platform for Women in Small-scale Fisheries in Ghana
Women from coastal communities in the Central Region of Ghana (Apam and Winneba), met Hub researchers from the University of Cape Coast and partners to share their experiences and challenges in small-scale fisheries. On 16th November 2021, a workshop was co-organized in Winneba by Hub researchers together with three non-governmental organizations (NGOs), two government agencies […]
Human persons and the marine environment: Reflections on the role of international human rights law
In this post, we introduce some of the questions and academic debates that we are reflecting on as part of a series of One Ocean Hub papers presented at the 5th Annual Law and Development Research Network Conference and as part of our work towards a journal article which asks, how does international human rights […]
Towards a community of practice for equitable and sustainable marine biodiscovery in South Africa
One Ocean Hub researchers in South Africa recently held a webinar on marine biodiscovery to bring scientists, regulators and policymakers together to explore opportunities for harmonising science and policy for marine biodiscovery in South Africa. On August 3rd, 2021, the Bio-economy Research Chair at the University of Cape Town in partnership with the One Ocean […]
The development of a transdisciplinary framework for sustainable and integrated ocean development in the Pacific
Exploring integrated management The calls echoing from the UN and other global actors for more transformative ocean governance invariably revolve around integrated routes to sustainability. Agenda 2030 sets out this trajectory and provides a set of targets in the SDGs for progressing this transformative change. However, integration is a complex and arduous task, it challenges […]
Hub provides evidence on ocean plastics to the UN and to the UK Parliament on the law of the sea
In November 2021, the One Ocean Hub submitted written evidence to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment on ‘The right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment – Toxic-free places to live, work, study and play,’ building a on a previous Hub submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics […]
MzanSea – launching an innovative ocean literacy website and children’s activity book
The Hub has supported an innovative ocean literacy project, MzanSea that aims to connect South Africans with the diverse marine ecosystems in our oceans. A new website, a children’s activity book and a set of fact sheets have been developed. The MzanSea products also include elements about why and how to care for ocean ecosystems and also […]
Food and Agriculture Organization-One Ocean Hub Partnership
On International Human Rights Day, which marks the adoption on 10 December 1948 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, we celebrate the achievements by all members of the international community – States, organizations, companies, civil society, researches, individuals, etc. – towards reinforcing the recognition, protection and promotion of the human rights of all persons. […]
