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As the global community races to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030, we need to know not just how much is conserved but how well, and for whom. While marine protected areas (MPAs) are well established, ...

A selection of the winners, runners-up and highly commended photos from awards that offer a window into landscapes some may never encounter

Submit a Blue Park Nomination Online To nominate a marine protected area or Indigenous protected area or community-led protected area for a Blue Park Award, submit a nomination online using the link b...

After Mombasa, the test is not ambition. It is whether ocean commitments can survive the political economy that keeps coastal communities waiting.

PEMBA, Tanzania — Patrolling the sea is not the kind of work many women on Tanzania’s Pemba Island are traditionally expected to do. Yet, for Amina Gharib Issa, it has become part of her life recently...

The Sustainable Western Indian Ocean Programme (SWIOP) supports the sustainable, productive, climate-resilient governance and use of the Western Indian Ocean and its natural resources by addressing th...

VJOSA-NARTA, Albania — In late April, heavy machinery began moving into the Pishë Poro-Narta protected landscape on Albania’s Adriatic coast without permits or public notice. Bulldozers and excavators...