SPPGA Honorary Research Associate Nathan J Bennett & Prof. Dr. David R. Boyd (SPPGA; UBC IRES) discuss how recognizing the human right to a healthy environment can shape ocean governance and drive positive change in their co-authored piece via npj Ocean Sustainability nature.com/articles/s4418…

The week after the #OceanDecade24 , and there's been a 🌊 of #inspiration and #activism .

📚 For further reflection, here's a new paper by Nathan J Bennett, Elisa Morgera and David Boyd: tinyurl.com/2y3mrcep

Is there a human right to a clean, healthy and #sustainable #ocean ❓

The Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement ( #BBNJ ) aims to contribute to a just & equitable future. Robert Blasiak & Jean-Baptiste Jouffray point out in npj Ocean Sustainability that many steps lie ahead & urge its rapid ratification & implementation doi.org/10.1038/s44183…

This thread for a diversity of thoughtful & creative ocean sustainability papers

🚨🚨🦈🦭🕊️New paper out! This study lead by Bianca S. Santos investigates governance considerations for climate-driven habitat shifts of highly migratory marine species across jurisdictions
Link: nature.com/articles/s4418…

🚨 New paper by Bianca S. Santos
et al in npj Ocean Sustainability: pathways for conserving transboundary species under future climate scenarios

nature.com/articles/s4418…

New paper alert! 🚨 'Beyond boundaries: #governance considerations for climate-driven habitat shifts of highly #migratory marine species across #jurisdictions ' out today in npj Ocean Sustainability! Hopkins Marine Station Stanford University Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions nature.com/articles/s4418…

Oceans dominate Earth yet have been under-studied from a human rights perspective.
Sparked by the recent UN recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment that is beginning to change.
Much work to do to!
Nathan J Bennett

A clean, healthy and sustainable ocean is a human right. In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that formally recognizes the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

Learn more about how the recognition of this right can…

Is there a human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable ocean?

The answer is: YES!

Read more in our new paper: nature.com/articles/s4418…

with SREnvironment @ElisaMorgera #consocsci #marsocsci #HR2HE #humanrights #oceandecade #ourocean

Take a look to see all the wonderful interdisciplinary research published in npj Ocean Sustainability early this year! 👇🏽🌊📖

Rashid Sumaila npj Journals Springer Nature

This is amazing, npj Ocean Sustainability is fast becoming the home for high quality #interdisciplinary #Ocean research UBC Oceans UBC Science UBC SPPGA Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement Friends of Ocean Action World Economic Forum