As global momentum builds around protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030, a critical question remains: how much of this protection is truly effective? Natalie Fox from RISE UP spoke with Marine Conservati...

A five-year-long investigation into how deep-sea mining impacts biodiversity has finally been published.

The year 2025 has marked a turning point for global ocean protection. Both the High Seas Treaty and the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement have now reached the ratifications required to enter into forc...

Featuring High Seas Alliance Regional Coordinators After 20 years of negotiations and two years into the ratification process, the countdown is on: only 4 more ratifications are needed for the High Se...

YouTube video by RISE UP - A Blue Call to Action

On 6 August, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received Sri Lanka’s instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies from Sri Lanka’s WTO Ambassador R.G.S. Wijesekara. Just four...

By Aline Aguiar and Mariana Clauzet – Ilhas do Rio Project / Instituto Mar Adentro   In June, we travelled to Nice, France, for the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3). It was an intense five-...

After years of attempting to pressure the international community into allowing deep-sea mining, The Metals Company (TMC) has taken the reckless and desperate step of announcing their intent to mine t...