NOAA is seeking public comment on the first steps toward designating a new national marine sanctuary in a 7,000-sq.-mi. area off the central California coast, adjacent to San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.
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SERDP funding is available for underwater munitions response R&D proposals, and proposals for resource conservation and resiliency.
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NOAA seeks public comment on President Biden’s conservation and restoration initiative.
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The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat has released the first official draft of a new Global Biodiversity Framework to guide actions worldwide through 2030 to preserve and protect nature and its essential services to people. The framework includes 21 targets for 2030 that call for, among other things: At least 30 percent of land and sea areas global
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By Coty Perry As with many other aspects of government policy, overfishing and other fishing-related environmental issues are a real problem, but it’s not clear that government intervention is the solution. Indeed, it might be one of the main drivers of overfishing. Much like drone fishing, there are serious ethical issues of interest to the average angler. There’s another commonality
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NOAA has established a partnership with The Ocean Foundation to cooperate on international and national scientific efforts to advance research, conservation and our understanding of the global ocean. The new agreement highlights several priorities for cooperation, including: understanding climate change and ocean acidification and their effects on oceans and coasts; increasing coastal resilience and strengthening capacity for climate and acidification
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