Peter JS Jones
@peterjsjones.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Environmental Governance, University College London. #Transdisciplinary research on #CoevolutionaryGovernance of human uses of marine #SocialEcologicalSystems, with focus on #MPAGovernance #Polycentrism. Chair SussexIFCA.bsky.social
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Peter JS Jones
@peterjsjones.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Frontiers | Incentive diversity is key to the more effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas
A target to conserve 30% of oceans by designating marine protected areas (MPAs) has been agreed, yet the effectiveness of existing MPAs is often low, with fe...
www.frontiersin.org
New #MPAGovernance paper published based on a detailed comparative governance analysis of 50 #MPA case studies across 24 countries over the last 15 years:
Incentive diversity is key to the more effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
#MPAs
Incentive diversity is key to the more effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
#MPAs
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Applying this insight in a HE context:
"a process of ‘socially organized denial’ currently exists within unis, leading academics to experience a state of ‘double reality’ that inhibits feelings of accountability & agency, & this is self-reenforcing through the production of ‘pluralistic ignorance'
"a process of ‘socially organized denial’ currently exists within unis, leading academics to experience a state of ‘double reality’ that inhibits feelings of accountability & agency, & this is self-reenforcing through the production of ‘pluralistic ignorance'
October 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Applying this insight in a HE context:
"a process of ‘socially organized denial’ currently exists within unis, leading academics to experience a state of ‘double reality’ that inhibits feelings of accountability & agency, & this is self-reenforcing through the production of ‘pluralistic ignorance'
"a process of ‘socially organized denial’ currently exists within unis, leading academics to experience a state of ‘double reality’ that inhibits feelings of accountability & agency, & this is self-reenforcing through the production of ‘pluralistic ignorance'
We have quietly reached the #GlobalTippingPoint where #OceanWarming through #ClimateChange is leading to such regular & widescale #CoralBleaching that #CoralReef ecosystems around the world finally collapse.
icriforum.org/gtp-2025/
icriforum.org/gtp-2025/
‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point | ICRI
New 5-km Coral Bleaching Products - Higher spatial resolution is the improvement to NOAA Coral Reef Watch remote-sensing products most requested by coral reef ecosystem scientists and resource manager...
icriforum.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We have quietly reached the #GlobalTippingPoint where #OceanWarming through #ClimateChange is leading to such regular & widescale #CoralBleaching that #CoralReef ecosystems around the world finally collapse.
icriforum.org/gtp-2025/
icriforum.org/gtp-2025/
'Self-termination is most likely' through the multiple collapse of societal and ecological systems, along with the last desperate efforts of the goliath global elites to retain power and control.....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
August 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
'Self-termination is most likely' through the multiple collapse of societal and ecological systems, along with the last desperate efforts of the goliath global elites to retain power and control.....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🌏 'Nature-led and science-based.' We believe that our seabed's recovery should be a natural one; allowing it a chance to REWILD in balance with the environmental conditions of that area and without human intervention/active restoration, will result in a more robust and resilient ecosystem recovery.
August 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🌏 'Nature-led and science-based.' We believe that our seabed's recovery should be a natural one; allowing it a chance to REWILD in balance with the environmental conditions of that area and without human intervention/active restoration, will result in a more robust and resilient ecosystem recovery.
Pleased to be attending and presenting on #MPAGovernance at the #MPAinMSP conference in beautiful #Bodo. I'm listening intently but the view from the conference room is beautiful....
July 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Pleased to be attending and presenting on #MPAGovernance at the #MPAinMSP conference in beautiful #Bodo. I'm listening intently but the view from the conference room is beautiful....
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Bottom trawling continues to destroy vulnerable marine ecosystems.
95+ scientists have signed a letter calling on States & @UN to fully implement existing commitments to protect seamounts from destructive fishing practices.
Are you a scientist? Add your name ⬇️
@oceanipso.bsky.social
95+ scientists have signed a letter calling on States & @UN to fully implement existing commitments to protect seamounts from destructive fishing practices.
Are you a scientist? Add your name ⬇️
@oceanipso.bsky.social
Scientists Call for Urgent Protection of Deep-Sea Ecosystems
Join scientists in calling for immediate action for full implementation of existing commitments to protect deep-sea biodiversity.
stateoftheocean.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Bottom trawling continues to destroy vulnerable marine ecosystems.
95+ scientists have signed a letter calling on States & @UN to fully implement existing commitments to protect seamounts from destructive fishing practices.
Are you a scientist? Add your name ⬇️
@oceanipso.bsky.social
95+ scientists have signed a letter calling on States & @UN to fully implement existing commitments to protect seamounts from destructive fishing practices.
Are you a scientist? Add your name ⬇️
@oceanipso.bsky.social
UK Government confirms that sandeel ban in English waters will remain.
Good news confirming sandeel fishing ban will remain in place now that UK has determined that this is consistent with principle of proportionality, following a recent Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling
www.cmscoms.com?p=44521
Good news confirming sandeel fishing ban will remain in place now that UK has determined that this is consistent with principle of proportionality, following a recent Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling
www.cmscoms.com?p=44521
UK Government confirms that sandeel ban in English waters will remain - Ocean and Coastal Futures
Ocean and Coastal Futures - We’re all about connecting people – organising events, creating communications and promoting job opportunities.
www.cmscoms.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
UK Government confirms that sandeel ban in English waters will remain.
Good news confirming sandeel fishing ban will remain in place now that UK has determined that this is consistent with principle of proportionality, following a recent Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling
www.cmscoms.com?p=44521
Good news confirming sandeel fishing ban will remain in place now that UK has determined that this is consistent with principle of proportionality, following a recent Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling
www.cmscoms.com?p=44521
The reality rather than the optimistic but unrealistic spin..
Almost no hard corals - no branching staghorns, no table corals, a dead Pocillopora. On a healthy reef, these and other hard corals should exceed 50% cover.
Very low diversity - some fragmented remnants of rubbery soft corals. The pink stuff is coralline algae. Lots of scuzzy algal turfs.
Awful.
Very low diversity - some fragmented remnants of rubbery soft corals. The pink stuff is coralline algae. Lots of scuzzy algal turfs.
Awful.
July 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The reality rather than the optimistic but unrealistic spin..
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A reminder that dotted lines on a map do not prevent ocean acidification or rising sea temperatures.
Australia’s marine parks are being destroyed by policies that promote more fossil fuel pollution until 2070.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australia’s marine parks are being destroyed by policies that promote more fossil fuel pollution until 2070.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian government to declare almost a third of its oceans ‘highly protected’ in the next five years
Murray Watt tells UN conference in France a review of Australia’s marine parks will ‘lay the foundation’ for increasing ocean protections
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A reminder that dotted lines on a map do not prevent ocean acidification or rising sea temperatures.
Australia’s marine parks are being destroyed by policies that promote more fossil fuel pollution until 2070.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australia’s marine parks are being destroyed by policies that promote more fossil fuel pollution until 2070.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We're meeting today to kick off our new NERC-funded project on the 'Impacts of bottom trawling on seabed carbon storage'. It's a consortium project to establish how the disturbance associated with bottom trawling modifies C storage, cycling and air/sea CO2 fluxes.
gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...
gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...
June 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
We're meeting today to kick off our new NERC-funded project on the 'Impacts of bottom trawling on seabed carbon storage'. It's a consortium project to establish how the disturbance associated with bottom trawling modifies C storage, cycling and air/sea CO2 fluxes.
gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...
gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref...
#TheBottomLine
#BanBottomTrawling
#MPAs
#WorldOceanDay
#UNOC2025
@oceana.bsky.social
@bluemarinef.bsky.social
#BanBottomTrawling
#MPAs
#WorldOceanDay
#UNOC2025
@oceana.bsky.social
@bluemarinef.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...
This 'new policy' looks like a re-announcement of a policy initiative first announced over 10 years ago?
"Stage 3 covers the remaining impacts of fishing on the 41 MPAs with seabed features not already covered in Stage 1 or Stage 2"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
This 'new policy' looks like a re-announcement of a policy initiative first announced over 10 years ago?
"Stage 3 covers the remaining impacts of fishing on the 41 MPAs with seabed features not already covered in Stage 1 or Stage 2"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
June 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...
This 'new policy' looks like a re-announcement of a policy initiative first announced over 10 years ago?
"Stage 3 covers the remaining impacts of fishing on the 41 MPAs with seabed features not already covered in Stage 1 or Stage 2"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
This 'new policy' looks like a re-announcement of a policy initiative first announced over 10 years ago?
"Stage 3 covers the remaining impacts of fishing on the 41 MPAs with seabed features not already covered in Stage 1 or Stage 2"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
June 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
observer.co.uk/news/oceans/...
This 'new policy' looks like a re-announcement of a policy initiative first announced over 10 years ago?
"Stage 3 covers the remaining impacts of fishing on the 41 MPAs with seabed features not already covered in Stage 1 or Stage 2"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
This 'new policy' looks like a re-announcement of a policy initiative first announced over 10 years ago?
"Stage 3 covers the remaining impacts of fishing on the 41 MPAs with seabed features not already covered in Stage 1 or Stage 2"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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More than a national scandal, it's verging on corruption by senior civil servants who have allowed Regulatory Capture by big fishing trade bodies. Time for a full independent Inquiry. Happy to provide reams of evidence. @johnswinney.bsky.social @mairigougeon.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/2025-05...
www.itv.com/news/2025-05...
www.itv.com
May 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
More than a national scandal, it's verging on corruption by senior civil servants who have allowed Regulatory Capture by big fishing trade bodies. Time for a full independent Inquiry. Happy to provide reams of evidence. @johnswinney.bsky.social @mairigougeon.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/2025-05...
www.itv.com/news/2025-05...
Heartbreaking and terrifying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Heartbreaking and terrifying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fact-check: It is not demographically possible to regrow billions of dead adult corals from teaspoons of frozen sperm.
“Eggs contain too much water and fat to be frozen without damage”
iol.co.za/ios/world/20...
“Eggs contain too much water and fat to be frozen without damage”
iol.co.za/ios/world/20...
Coral frozen in time throws lifeline for Great Barrier Reef
The world's largest store of cryogenically frozen coral is a frosty Noah's Ark for an ecosystem that scientists warn could be the first to disappear if climate change is not combatted fast enough.
iol.co.za
June 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Fact-check: It is not demographically possible to regrow billions of dead adult corals from teaspoons of frozen sperm.
“Eggs contain too much water and fat to be frozen without damage”
iol.co.za/ios/world/20...
“Eggs contain too much water and fat to be frozen without damage”
iol.co.za/ios/world/20...
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Today we welcome the release of the Environmental Audit Committee’s (EAC) report on how the UK Government manages our marine environment.
Ahead of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the report makes it clear that protecting the marine environment is essential.
Ahead of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the report makes it clear that protecting the marine environment is essential.
June 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today we welcome the release of the Environmental Audit Committee’s (EAC) report on how the UK Government manages our marine environment.
Ahead of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the report makes it clear that protecting the marine environment is essential.
Ahead of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the report makes it clear that protecting the marine environment is essential.
Another concerning consequence of human activities on our oceans....
“If the photic zone is reducing... animals that need light will be forced closer to the surface where they will have to compete for food and the other resources they need. That could bring about fundamental changes in the entire marine ecosystem.” ~ Tim Smyth, @plymouthmarine.bsky.social
Oceans Are Getting Darker, Shrinking the Livable Space for Marine Life, Study Finds - EcoWatch
One-fifth of the world’s oceans, spanning around 75 million square kilometers, has been getting darker over the past 20 years.
www.ecowatch.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Another concerning consequence of human activities on our oceans....
Stop clutching at distracting tokenistic straws that are perversely intended to lull people into a false sense of security and accept that tropical coral reefs only have a future if we rapidly transition towards decarbonising our economies and lifestyles
“The notion that culling predatory starfish can ‘buy time’ from the devastation of climate change is nonsense,” says a marine biologist at James Cook University who…. would rather the Australian government do more to address global warming.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Can scientists help corals by killing starfish?
Culling crown-of-thorns starfish boosted coral cover on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
www.science.org
May 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Stop clutching at distracting tokenistic straws that are perversely intended to lull people into a false sense of security and accept that tropical coral reefs only have a future if we rapidly transition towards decarbonising our economies and lifestyles
Another claimed #carboncapture scheme that is being sold as credits to justify #businessasusual but won't work
@altagliabue.bsky.social making a presentation at @ucl.ac.uk telling us that ocean iron fertilization won’t do jack for climate and will further harm fisheries.
Yet, it’s the marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) method that has sold the most credits so far. 🤷🏻♂️
Yet, it’s the marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) method that has sold the most credits so far. 🤷🏻♂️
May 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Another claimed #carboncapture scheme that is being sold as credits to justify #businessasusual but won't work
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📣 New report and film
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and overfishing in Senegal are devastating fish populations and coastal communities, leading to increased forced migration to Europe across the world’s most deadly migration route.
Hear their stories 🎬
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and overfishing in Senegal are devastating fish populations and coastal communities, leading to increased forced migration to Europe across the world’s most deadly migration route.
Hear their stories 🎬
May 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📣 New report and film
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and overfishing in Senegal are devastating fish populations and coastal communities, leading to increased forced migration to Europe across the world’s most deadly migration route.
Hear their stories 🎬
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and overfishing in Senegal are devastating fish populations and coastal communities, leading to increased forced migration to Europe across the world’s most deadly migration route.
Hear their stories 🎬
This rant certainly puts things into perspective
Here's JSO's short cut of my protest rant on Politics Live. www.youtube.com/shorts/L_93v...
"They Cannot Tolerate Challenges to Wealth and Power" | George Monbiot | BBC Politics Live #shorts
YouTube video by Just Stop Oil
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May 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This rant certainly puts things into perspective
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11 years ago today @richardlochhead.bsky.social called a Clyde Fishery/Ecosystem Summit.
97% of delegated agreed fisheries measures were needed to recover the fishery. BUT THE 3% who were content with the Prawn status quo prevailed. @mairigougeon.bsky.social
97% of delegated agreed fisheries measures were needed to recover the fishery. BUT THE 3% who were content with the Prawn status quo prevailed. @mairigougeon.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
11 years ago today @richardlochhead.bsky.social called a Clyde Fishery/Ecosystem Summit.
97% of delegated agreed fisheries measures were needed to recover the fishery. BUT THE 3% who were content with the Prawn status quo prevailed. @mairigougeon.bsky.social
97% of delegated agreed fisheries measures were needed to recover the fishery. BUT THE 3% who were content with the Prawn status quo prevailed. @mairigougeon.bsky.social
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#climatecrisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study reveals
- Hotter seas supercharge storms and destroy critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Hotter seas supercharge storms and destroy critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study finds
Hotter seas supercharge storms and destroy critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#climatecrisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study reveals
- Hotter seas supercharge storms and destroy critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Hotter seas supercharge storms and destroy critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@uclgeography.bsky.social is seeking a lecturer in Environmental Governance.... Come and work with the 4th best Geography department at the 4th best university in the world.....
tinyurl.com/ucl-eg
tinyurl.com/ucl-eg
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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April 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
@uclgeography.bsky.social is seeking a lecturer in Environmental Governance.... Come and work with the 4th best Geography department at the 4th best university in the world.....
tinyurl.com/ucl-eg
tinyurl.com/ucl-eg
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Speaking now at #KelpSummit2025 is Dr George Balchin @Sussex IFCA presents on the pioneering Sussex Nearshore Trawling Byelaw.
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater
April 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Speaking now at #KelpSummit2025 is Dr George Balchin @Sussex IFCA presents on the pioneering Sussex Nearshore Trawling Byelaw.
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater
#SKRP #Kelp #HelpOurKelp #SussexKelp #AttenboroughCentre #sussex_ifca #zsl #qmul #bluemarinefoundation #sussexwildlifetrust #bigwavetv #sussexunderwater