FREE WEBINARS! Register now for a three-part series focused on IUCN Green Status of Species assessments. Learn about the process, resources available, and how to work the new #GreenStatus module in IUCNRedList SIS! Info and registration links here: bit.ly/GlobalCenterEv…

Congratulations Open Seas for laying the foundation for this landmark judgement! 🥳

The court decision confirms Scottish Ministers' legal requirement to consider the environmental impacts of harmful fishing methods (e.g. dredging) when issuing licenses 🪸

Read more here ⬇️

✨ We're wrapping up #CitSciMonth with immense gratitude. 💛

#iSeahorse has been a community journey in advancing seahorse knowledge. Now, over 10 years, 13000 observations and 2300 contributors later, we've made a real difference in #seahorse conservation.

Thank you. 💛

Good news‼️😀 Conservation actions are effective at reducing global biodiversity loss, according to a major study.

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30 years on! We were excited to welcome Amanda Vincent, the 1ST EVER Whitley Award winner, to the WFN office last week!
On 1st May 19.30 BST, a new cohort of Whitley Award winners will join the network of 220 alumni at our 30th annual Awards. Tune in live: youtube.com/watch?v=my3837…

Another weekend... another chance to get in the water! 🌊🤿

If you spot any seahorses, remember to log your sightings on iSeahorse! 🔍 Your observations this month can also contribute to #onemillionactsofscience ! See how at scistarter.org/inaturalist

📸 xbeiro on iNaturalist

Amanda Vincent is a distinguished Canadian marine biologist and conservationist, with a special interest in those remarkable creatures, seahorses, on which she is the world authority.
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From heroes (seahorses) to villains (bottom trawling), Amanda Vincent shares Project Seahorse approaches and determination to adopt a variety of approaches, from protected areas to policy, to allow fish and people to thrive, especially in the Global South. #endbottomtrawling

Dawkins Prize Lecture, 23 April, Dr Amanda Vincent, ‘From Seahorse Sex to Global Policy Change.’ Registration at 4.30pm Oxford University Museum of Natural History balliol.ox.ac.uk/events/2024/ap…

Happy #EarthDay ! Did you know that oceans cover more than 99% of the Earth's living space - from the deepest submarine trench to colourful coral reefs, expansive seagrass meadows, and much much more?

📸 Hippocampus histrix by Herwig Helsen / Guylian #Seahorses of the World

Great to welcome Amanda Vincent from UBC Oceans / @ProjectSeahorse to give this year’s Corpus Christi Oliver Rackham Society Annual Lecture

In her talk, she will discuss how her initial interest in the unique male pregnancy of seahorses led her on a path to founding Project Seahorse Project Seahorse and her work on marine conservation. Fascinating stuff. /3 of 3 corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/biolo…

Amanda completed her PhD Dept of Zoology researching seahorses in the basement and then being the first to study them underwater, making novel discoveries about seahorse reproduction, courting, pair-bonding, and other sex-related behaviours. /2 of 3
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The College is delighted to welcome back to College alumna Dr Amanda Vincent (m.1986) Amanda Vincent to deliver the 2nd annual Oliver Rackham Lecture today, Saturday 20 April, at 17.30 in the McCrum Theatre, 'From Seahorse Sex to Global Policy Change'. /1 of 3

‘From #seahorse sex to global policy change’ - our director Prof. Amanda Vincent will be giving her Dawkins Prize lecture on Tuesday (23 April 2024), at the Museum of Natural History, Oxford.

More details here: 👇
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What a gorgeous #iSeahorse observation! 😍

#Seahorses use their 🐒-like tails to hold onto objects in their environment for support, like sponges, seagrasses, seaweeds (like seen here), or even corals! ⚓

📸 H. breviceps by sharejosie on iNaturalist

We are excited to announce a draft of the agenda for the first #WorldSpeciesCongress has been released. We are still finalising additional talks and speakers, which we will add as soon as we have them. Timing on the agenda is still subject to shift.
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A moment for ocean optimism! 🎉🪸

Excellent leadership from Greece, which has committed to banning bottom trawling in national parks by 2026 and in all marine protected areas by 2030 👏

Other European nations must follow their lead to restore marine ecosystems and fisheries 🎣