🚨 Press release: #ISA29 starts today as calls to protect the ocean from destructive #DeepSeaMining intensify.
Our team will be in Kingston 🇯🇲 to #DefendTheDeep, read on the latest developments as well as what we can expect from the meetings 👉 https://t.co/mHvOoxBdyb
🗓️ The countdown is almost over! #ISA29 starts next week.
International orgs like @UNHumanRights and @IUCN Congress have called for the protection of the #DeepSea against #DeepSeaMining, joining the wave of resistance.
🌊 It's time to #DefendTheDeep! https://t.co/8vfg1Ph4ik
In the lead-up to #ISA29, we explore the reasons why 750+ leading marine science and policy experts from over 44 countries have voiced their concerns about #DeepSeaMining.
They know the importance of these ecosystems and the need to #DefendTheDeep. https://t.co/yDaRC0ENDe
🌍 During #SIOFA, here is a 🧵on why protecting the Southern Indian Ocean's biodiversity is crucial.
🌊 It is the youngest and smallest ocean of the world's major, with an estimated 1,746 #seamounts in warm waters and rare species endangered or found nowhere else in the world.🐟
Sweden bans bottom trawling in all its waters, in a move that could allow the seabed to heal & wildlife to replenish. Conservationists say bottom trawling tears up the seafloor habitat fish need to live & breed - destroying generations of ocean life.
https://t.co/d73Mgf7ngu
Happy National Twilight Zone Day! During our exploration, we often enter the twilight zone...which, in the ocean, is 200 - 1,000 m (656 - 3,280 ft), where very little sunlight penetrates. Despite being mostly dark & very cold, this region teems with life. For example...
Although they mostly forage alone, African penguins occasionally work together as a group to corral their prey into columns and then into balls, making it much easier to catch and eat the fish! 🐧
📸: Chris Fallows
#twooceansaquarium#NOOW#NotOnOurWatch#africanpenguin