Ocean Collective—a global network of filmmakers—will collaborate with blockchain partner Polygon Studios and production company Eyeforce to launch digital artwork in the form of NFTs that depicts animals from the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.
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Mainers Guarding Right Whales, a nonprofit organization working to save North Atlantic right whales from extinction, has launched a new campaign to inform travelers heading to Maine “Vacationland” that lobster dinners at seaside harbors come at a steep price to North Atlantic right whales.
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A new report from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) details threats and solutions for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. The report was produced in collaboration with WHOI marine biologists Michael Moore and Mark Baumgartner. Learn more and download the full report at WHOI.
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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and its Papahānaumokuākea Research and Conservation Fund is awarding a $900,000 grant to support research and conservation of Hawaii’s unique resources in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. A research expedition is planned for the summer of 2018. Papahānaumokuākea is a remote archipelago of islands, reefs and atolls in the northwestern sector of the Hawaiian
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The Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) information service interviewed four marine genetics researchers to find out “How genetics can improve marine conservation and management.” The interview was conducted in response to a paper published in the Global Ecology and Conservation journal suggesting that genetics have a role in conservation but that the role is not well understood. Some applications for
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