Tackling #ocean #plasticpollution through #action, #education & #research. A collaboration between @SIF_Seychelles & @QueensCollegeOx @UniofOxford for #Aldabra
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It's the first time that the financial costs for the removal of debris has been calculated. It will be published on Nature Scientific Reports from today 7pm Seychelles time. Read here: nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
#ACUP #aldabra #seychelles #naturescientificreports #plasticpollution
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
In 2023, we completed the second @AldabraCleanUp, supported by the @OurOcean, where we removed another 23.5 tonnes of marine debris from Aldabra's pristine beaches
Watch the Price of Plastic on YouTube now: youtube.com/watch?v=Wv4-XVvG…
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
📢 Final PhD paper published today!
'Integration of population genetics with oceanographic models reveals strong connectivity among coral reefs across Seychelles'
Huge collaborative effort every step of the way, especially with my co-author @noam_vv 🪸
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
Coconut crabs (Birgus latro) are found in abundance on #AldabraAtoll. It is the largest terrestrial crab in the world, and it’s crazy to think its life starts just like this!
📸 Joey Latsha (1/2)
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
Making waves against ocean pollution, one cleanup at a time! 🌊♻️
We recently tackled our second @AldabraCleanUp (ACUPII) on #AldabraAtoll, with the support of the @oceanconservancy
With the aim of removing 15 tonnes, our team exceeded expectations with 23.5 tonnes removed!
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
This week's Grand Challenge, Friday 4pm: The oceans are a mystery, as foreign to us as outer space but crucially intertwined with all life on Earth. Yet there has long been a divide between humans and the world beneath the sea surface. eventbrite.com/e/bridging-th…
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
In 2019, @SIF_Seychelles launched the Aldabra Marine Debris Clean-Up Project. The team collected >25t of litter over a span of 3 weeks. Sadly, around 500t of waste remain on Aldabra today, which would take 18,000 hours (~2 yrs) of labour to collect & transport to the main island – at Seychelles
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
Last week at the @FaureFoundation Ocean Fair we spoke to many about the impact of #marinedebris on remote islands like #AldabraAtoll. Although the @AldabraCleanUp removed 25 tonnes of washed-up debris from Aldabra, it is estimated that over 500 tonnes remain… (Burt et al, 2020)
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
Have you been involved with the @SIF_Seychelles managed @UNESCO #WorldHeritageSite of #AldabraAtoll?
If so pls make sure to take part in this @SeyCCAT funded stakeholder survey that will help SIF revise its existing #Aldabra management plan. I just did. Took me 8 mins! – at Manhattan, NY
Are you:
🌊 Interested in Marine Protected Areas?
🌊Currently working with or have worked with the Aldabra MPA?
🌊 Wanting to get involved with the updated Aldabra Management Plan?
Take part in our stakeholder survey here: bit.ly/SIFSurvey
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
Happy #WorldEnviornmentDay ! We are so proud of our WINGS women who dedicate themselves to create a thriving, sustainable future for our planet! Photos are from conservation biologist April Burt who works to protect the Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, from plastic pollution!
@mahesituated “We need a thriving tuna industry for economic survival, but it is environmentally unsustainable and only profitable through huge subsidies. Seychelles is in a tight spot... There is neocolonial pressure.”
theguardian.com/global/2023/…
In 2019 the @AldabraCleanUp showed the huge amount of trash from industrial tuna fisheries operating in Seychelles, Including Fish aggregating Devices (FADs)
Last month EU and Seychelles blocked proposals to reduce FAD use to protect tuna stocks.
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Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
My advance copy of Biology: The Whole Story, beautifully illustrated by @cecilegirardin and published by @DFB_storyhouse.
It covers all levels of biology and explains key concepts in a clear and readable way. Thanks to the many in @OxfordBiology who helped!
📢A phased reduction in the number of drifting FADs permitted per vessel!
📋 The creation of a drifting FAD registry and
🐟A 72-day closure period for drifting FADs
Less FADs means less pollution arriving on Aldabra
AND a reduction of fishing pressure on Tuna 👏🙌
Exciting news from Kenya! The #IOTC has adopted two resolutions on Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) to curb harm to marine life - A phased reduction in the number of #FADs permitted per vessel and the creation of a drifting FAD registry.👏 Full statement👉buff.ly/40tSPU9
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
📢 Our recent research tied up in a neat package of info for @ConversationUK
@noam_vv @OxfordBiology @queensoxbiology @UniofOxford @SIF_Seychelles @ronny_jumeau @AldabraCleanUp
theconversation.com/seychell…
The next part of the Aldabra Clean-Up story is now published!
Why is Aldabra receiving so much marine debris?
Read the thread below which summarises A LOT of work by @noam_vv to find out.
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Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
A survey led by Oxford researchers and @SIF_Seychelles shows the biggest barriers to effective management of island ecosystems play out at national level - ‘poor conservation policy implementation’ hinders effective management efforts.
Read more ⬇
ox.ac.uk/news/2022-12-06-big…
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
As a youth attending #COP27, a member of the #Seychelles delegation & an @AOSISChair Fellow @AOSISFellowship, following the @UNFCCC #GlobalStockTake, it was great to highlight the #ParisAgreement's report card, read morehere: bit.ly/3unr0ya thanks @UNEP @Connect4Climate
Watch Seychellois climate champion @mahesituated unpack the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement ✍️ and share with C4C and @UNEP why this "report card" is so important as we push together toward a sustainable future 🌍
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
‘Crisis Column’ by Mariaan Laubscher was displayed at the Seychelles Biennale, depicting only a small fraction of what washes up on our beaches each day.
Made using flip flops collected during the @AldabraCleanUp, this sculpture shows us that we still have much to learn.
Aldabra Clean-Up Project retweeted
#AldabraAtoll celebrated #WorldCleanupDay with a clean up along Settlement Beach on 17 September.
A total of 47.5kg of marine debris was collected, a relatively low amount due to south east, where majority of debris accumulates on the south coast of the atoll.
📸 Michelle Risi
