Extracting the sea bed / Extracting marine energies / Extracting aqua geopolitics / Extracting marine animals / Extracting marine relations
Joined July 2022
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Extracting the Ocean retweeted
34 countries have called for a moratorium on Deep Sea Mining including Malta and Austria. @ISBAHQ, an international body set up by the UN manages underwater exploration and mining. Let’s raise awareness and stand up for the oceans! #sharkwater #robstewart
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
Plastic consumption has quadrupled over the past 30 years – driven by growing markets, single-use products, and demand for convenience.
As a result, more and more plastic ends up in our ocean. In fact, it’s estimated that there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic there now.
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
Fact: 38% of fish stocks worldwide were exploited beyond sustainable levels in 2021.
A @WTO agreement could curb the $22 billion a year in subsidies that drive overfishing—but only if it’s strengthened to fully address overfishing and overcapacity. pew.org/4dJzKUh
Extractivism & human–nature bonds
A fascinating (devastating) analysis of socio-ecological conflict data in 1800+ intl cases involving resistance to the destruction of nature, cultures, cosmologies, worldviews, and ancestral origins, and sacred places
link.springer.com/article/10…
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
For the first time, we can put a price tag on cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. We now call upon the world - governments, companies, individuals - to make this cleanup happen.
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
⛰️ Did you know that the tallest peak on the planet is half underwater? It's Mauna Kea, Hawaii, rising 10,205m from the seabed, surpassing Everest’s 8,849m!
Seamounts are #OceanLifelines, supporting the health of the whole ocean.
Learn more ➡️ deep-sea-conservation.org/ex…
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
Interesting question by @henryzwartz as the 11th @SCAR_Tweets Open Science Conference opens: Who owns Antarctica?
True answer:
1 No one owns Antarctica, it is an integral part of the Earth system.
2 Each of us needs to do theirs to protects its future.
abc.net.au/news/2024-08-18/a…
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
Whaling lies. Whale meat accounts for only 0.1% of the meat consumed in Japan 🇯🇵.
It's not a food tradition.🚫🐋
Whaling is not a significant contributor to Japan’s economy. 📈Only 300 people out of 125 million are directly connected to industry.
blueplanetsociety.org/whales…
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
Greenpeace expedition finds sperm whales, orcas, dolphins in Arctic areas targeted for deep sea mining
“Norway's push for deep sea mining is anti-science, irresponsible and the opposite of what we need in the midst of an ongoing climate crisis"
independent.co.uk/climate-ch…
#Tasmania s salmon farming is an identified threat to the survival of the #Maugeanskate
The endangered ray's sole habitat of #MacquarieHarbour has depleted oxygen levels from intensive #salmonfarming
#endangeredspecies #extinctionisforever
marineconservation.org.au/ma…
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
The #HighSeasTreaty could establish a framework to designate #MPAs to protect incredible biodiversity hotspots in the #HighSeas.
On #MPADay, we celebrate 8️⃣ High Seas spots that we think deserve to be the first generation of High Seas MPAs: mpa.highseasalliance.org/
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August 1st marked #EarthOvershootDay, "the date when humanity’s demand on nature’s resources surpasses Earth’s capacity to regenerate them for the given year"
#extractivism #ClimateEmergency
#naturalresources
overshoot.footprintnetwork.o…
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
New polling reveals that a majority of Europeans oppose #DeepSeaMining.
This follows Malta🇲🇹 becoming the 28th country to call for a precautionary pause or moratorium on this unnecessary industry at #ISA29 yesterday.
Read more: seas-at-risk.org/press-relea… @SeasAtRisk @wemoveEU
The Pacific continues to lead! 🌊 #defendthedeep
🌊🚨 Exciting news! American Samoa has adopted a #DeepSeaMining moratorium! This follows Hawaii's recent prohibition.
Momentum for a moratorium continues to grow across the globe.
Deep-sea mining is not wanted, needed or worth the risk.
Read more: americansamoa.gov/_files/ugd…
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
Deep-sea miner trying to discredit scientists over ‘dark oxygen’ discovery met with killer clapback from author:
“We were the worst critics of this paper for a long time ... we tried to disprove it, but in the end we simply couldn’t”
#StopDeepSeaMining
eenews.net/articles/scientis…
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
We are only beginning to understand the ecology of the #DeepOcean. We have exploited, altered and destroyed so much already in the more accessible areas of the blue planet. Let's not repeat the same mistakes #StopDeepseaMining eenews.net/articles/scientis…
🚨🚨INCREDIBLE NEW #DEEPSEA DISCOVERY🌏
Oxygen is being produced at the seafloor in a process associated with polymetallic nodules a new study reveals. This provides further support on the urgent need for a #DeepSeaMining moratorium.
deep-sea-conservation.org/ox…
#DefendTheDeep
Extracting the Ocean retweeted
“For the Sámi and other Indigenous Peoples, the ocean is not just a resource but a foundation of life, culture, and sustenance.”
#OceanJustice
#Multibeing
#DeepSeaMining
#Extractivism
#Barbarism saamicouncil.net/news-archiv…
#Indigenousleaders in the #Pacific AGAIN leading protection efforts for #cetacean species!
As we're witnessing,
- pods of pilot whales slaughtered in the Faroe Islands
- Icelandic and Japanese govts approving hunting of #endangered fin whales
Cont theconversation.com/whales-a…
- Norway increasing quotas for minke whale killing
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#CookIslands #FrenchPolynesia, #Aotearoa #Tonga #saveourseas #defendthedeep #extractingtheocean #whaling #dolphin #biodiversitycrisis