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📣 Side-event at #COP30: Join us for a discussion on Indigenous climate alternatives and the impacts of carbon markets
Event: Carbon markets, forests and Indigenous alternatives
🗓️ Thursday, 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 15:00-16:30
📍 SE Room 4
Find more details below ⬇️
Event: Carbon markets, forests and Indigenous alternatives
🗓️ Thursday, 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 15:00-16:30
📍 SE Room 4
Find more details below ⬇️
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📣 Side-event at #COP30: Join us for a discussion on Indigenous climate alternatives and the impacts of carbon markets
Event: Carbon markets, forests and Indigenous alternatives
🗓️ Thursday, 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 15:00-16:30
📍 SE Room 4
Find more details below ⬇️
Event: Carbon markets, forests and Indigenous alternatives
🗓️ Thursday, 13 Nov 2025
⏰ 15:00-16:30
📍 SE Room 4
Find more details below ⬇️
We have arrived at #COP30 in Brazil!
Hear from Dr Luciana Leite, our Chief Representative and Lead Advocate for Brazil, about how we will be working over the next two weeks to protect #wetlands and the vital role they play in keeping our planet habitable 🌱 🎬
Sound on for English!
Hear from Dr Luciana Leite, our Chief Representative and Lead Advocate for Brazil, about how we will be working over the next two weeks to protect #wetlands and the vital role they play in keeping our planet habitable 🌱 🎬
Sound on for English!
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Muchos Estados miembros de la UE no están comprobando ni controlando adecuadamente las importaciones de productos pesqueros, a pesar de que la legislación de la UE les obliga a hacerlo. La @ec.europa.eu debe actuar.
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @wwf.eu @peweurope.bsky.social
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @wwf.eu @peweurope.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Muchos Estados miembros de la UE no están comprobando ni controlando adecuadamente las importaciones de productos pesqueros, a pesar de que la legislación de la UE les obliga a hacerlo. La @ec.europa.eu debe actuar.
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @wwf.eu @peweurope.bsky.social
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @wwf.eu @peweurope.bsky.social
🐟 Nuevo informe: el control de las importaciones de la UE no logra mantener los productos pesqueros ilegales fuera de los platos europeos
Lea el informe ⬇️
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/10/eu-i...
Lea el informe ⬇️
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/10/eu-i...
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🐟 Nuevo informe: el control de las importaciones de la UE no logra mantener los productos pesqueros ilegales fuera de los platos europeos
Lea el informe ⬇️
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/10/eu-i...
Lea el informe ⬇️
www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/10/eu-i...
The time for @ec.europa.eu action against failing Member States is now.
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @wwf.eu @peweurope.bsky.social
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @wwf.eu @peweurope.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The time for @ec.europa.eu action against failing Member States is now.
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @wwf.eu @peweurope.bsky.social
@oceanaeurope.bsky.social @nature.org @wwf.eu @peweurope.bsky.social
🐟 New report from the EU IUU Fishing Coalition - EU import controls are likely failing to keep illegal seafood off European plates.
Many Member States are failing to properly check and control seafood imports, though required to do so under EU law.
Read the report:
www.iuuwatch.eu/wp-content/u...
Many Member States are failing to properly check and control seafood imports, though required to do so under EU law.
Read the report:
www.iuuwatch.eu/wp-content/u...
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🐟 New report from the EU IUU Fishing Coalition - EU import controls are likely failing to keep illegal seafood off European plates.
Many Member States are failing to properly check and control seafood imports, though required to do so under EU law.
Read the report:
www.iuuwatch.eu/wp-content/u...
Many Member States are failing to properly check and control seafood imports, though required to do so under EU law.
Read the report:
www.iuuwatch.eu/wp-content/u...
🌊 The UK is moving closer towards ratifying the High Seas Treaty
Last week, @kerrymp.bsky.social mentioned us in the parliamentary debate over the #BBNJ Bill, rightly highlighting the importance of the Treaty for protecting marine ecosystems and ending human rights abuses at sea 💬
Last week, @kerrymp.bsky.social mentioned us in the parliamentary debate over the #BBNJ Bill, rightly highlighting the importance of the Treaty for protecting marine ecosystems and ending human rights abuses at sea 💬
October 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🌊 The UK is moving closer towards ratifying the High Seas Treaty
Last week, @kerrymp.bsky.social mentioned us in the parliamentary debate over the #BBNJ Bill, rightly highlighting the importance of the Treaty for protecting marine ecosystems and ending human rights abuses at sea 💬
Last week, @kerrymp.bsky.social mentioned us in the parliamentary debate over the #BBNJ Bill, rightly highlighting the importance of the Treaty for protecting marine ecosystems and ending human rights abuses at sea 💬
British consumers want and deserve better. Now is the time for stronger import controls.
You can find the posters at St. James Park and Victoria Underground stations.
Our film ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=JltP...
You can find the posters at St. James Park and Victoria Underground stations.
Our film ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=JltP...
October 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
British consumers want and deserve better. Now is the time for stronger import controls.
You can find the posters at St. James Park and Victoria Underground stations.
Our film ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=JltP...
You can find the posters at St. James Park and Victoria Underground stations.
Our film ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=JltP...
🚆📣 A message to the UK government
We’ve launched our poster campaign on the London Underground, urging politicians to end the UK’s complicity in seafood crime and ensure consumers can trust the fish on their plates.
Hear more our campaign from EJF Senior UK Advocacy Officer Kaleem 🎬
We’ve launched our poster campaign on the London Underground, urging politicians to end the UK’s complicity in seafood crime and ensure consumers can trust the fish on their plates.
Hear more our campaign from EJF Senior UK Advocacy Officer Kaleem 🎬
October 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚆📣 A message to the UK government
We’ve launched our poster campaign on the London Underground, urging politicians to end the UK’s complicity in seafood crime and ensure consumers can trust the fish on their plates.
Hear more our campaign from EJF Senior UK Advocacy Officer Kaleem 🎬
We’ve launched our poster campaign on the London Underground, urging politicians to end the UK’s complicity in seafood crime and ensure consumers can trust the fish on their plates.
Hear more our campaign from EJF Senior UK Advocacy Officer Kaleem 🎬
Freshwater wetlands are irreplaceable carbon vaults and vital homes for people and wildlife.
From including wetlands into national climate commitments to delivering finance for their protection and restoration, wetlands must be integrated into climate action at the upcoming #COP30 and beyond.
From including wetlands into national climate commitments to delivering finance for their protection and restoration, wetlands must be integrated into climate action at the upcoming #COP30 and beyond.
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Freshwater wetlands are irreplaceable carbon vaults and vital homes for people and wildlife.
From including wetlands into national climate commitments to delivering finance for their protection and restoration, wetlands must be integrated into climate action at the upcoming #COP30 and beyond.
From including wetlands into national climate commitments to delivering finance for their protection and restoration, wetlands must be integrated into climate action at the upcoming #COP30 and beyond.
💧🌱 Freshwater wetlands – our most powerful, but neglected climate allies
They store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide.
However, our new report reveals how they are being destroyed at alarming rates, fatally undermining climate goals.
They store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide.
However, our new report reveals how they are being destroyed at alarming rates, fatally undermining climate goals.
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
💧🌱 Freshwater wetlands – our most powerful, but neglected climate allies
They store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide.
However, our new report reveals how they are being destroyed at alarming rates, fatally undermining climate goals.
They store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide.
However, our new report reveals how they are being destroyed at alarming rates, fatally undermining climate goals.
🌎 Women of the Pantanal connect with #COP30 leaders
Last week, attended a meeting with COP30 Special Envoys and other women of the Pantanal to discuss the impacts of the climate crisis on their lives and livelihoods. We provided support for women from our Environmental Defenders program to attend.
Last week, attended a meeting with COP30 Special Envoys and other women of the Pantanal to discuss the impacts of the climate crisis on their lives and livelihoods. We provided support for women from our Environmental Defenders program to attend.
October 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🌎 Women of the Pantanal connect with #COP30 leaders
Last week, attended a meeting with COP30 Special Envoys and other women of the Pantanal to discuss the impacts of the climate crisis on their lives and livelihoods. We provided support for women from our Environmental Defenders program to attend.
Last week, attended a meeting with COP30 Special Envoys and other women of the Pantanal to discuss the impacts of the climate crisis on their lives and livelihoods. We provided support for women from our Environmental Defenders program to attend.
Across the world, from Thailand to Ghana, waste workers, fishing communities, and families living near plastic and petrochemical plants are on the frontlines, breathing polluted air, drinking contaminated water, and suffering the real cost of our throwaway economy.
October 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Across the world, from Thailand to Ghana, waste workers, fishing communities, and families living near plastic and petrochemical plants are on the frontlines, breathing polluted air, drinking contaminated water, and suffering the real cost of our throwaway economy.
The letter was symbolically handed to COP30 Executive Secretary Dr. Ana Toni and State Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul Eduardo Riedel during the event ✉️
October 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The letter was symbolically handed to COP30 Executive Secretary Dr. Ana Toni and State Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul Eduardo Riedel during the event ✉️
🌎✨ At the Pre-COP30 in Campo Grande, Brazil, with SOS Pantanal we launched a letter calling on climate leaders to place wetlands, such as the Pantanal, at the heart of global climate action.
The letter contains signatures representing over 150 organisations and many scientists and politicians.
The letter contains signatures representing over 150 organisations and many scientists and politicians.
October 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🌎✨ At the Pre-COP30 in Campo Grande, Brazil, with SOS Pantanal we launched a letter calling on climate leaders to place wetlands, such as the Pantanal, at the heart of global climate action.
The letter contains signatures representing over 150 organisations and many scientists and politicians.
The letter contains signatures representing over 150 organisations and many scientists and politicians.
We find that without secure access to landing sites and processing areas, fishing communities could be displaced, undermining their livelihoods & threatening national food supplies.
We call on the Liberian government and international partners to act swiftly to protect fishers’ rights.
We call on the Liberian government and international partners to act swiftly to protect fishers’ rights.
September 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We find that without secure access to landing sites and processing areas, fishing communities could be displaced, undermining their livelihoods & threatening national food supplies.
We call on the Liberian government and international partners to act swiftly to protect fishers’ rights.
We call on the Liberian government and international partners to act swiftly to protect fishers’ rights.
📸 Peak nesting is expected between October and December, but the beaches are already full of life.
Turtles are leaving their winding, uneven tracks in the sand, as they cross the shore in search of a spot to lay their eggs.
Turtles are leaving their winding, uneven tracks in the sand, as they cross the shore in search of a spot to lay their eggs.
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📸 Peak nesting is expected between October and December, but the beaches are already full of life.
Turtles are leaving their winding, uneven tracks in the sand, as they cross the shore in search of a spot to lay their eggs.
Turtles are leaving their winding, uneven tracks in the sand, as they cross the shore in search of a spot to lay their eggs.
🌊🐢 The 2025/2026 sea turtle nesting season has officially begun in Ghana!
Our dedicated turtle patrollers in Gomoa Fetteh and Senya Beraku recorded 11 Olive Ridley nests and safely released 2 Green turtles that had been caught as bycatch. It’s a strong, hopeful start to the season.
Our dedicated turtle patrollers in Gomoa Fetteh and Senya Beraku recorded 11 Olive Ridley nests and safely released 2 Green turtles that had been caught as bycatch. It’s a strong, hopeful start to the season.
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🌊🐢 The 2025/2026 sea turtle nesting season has officially begun in Ghana!
Our dedicated turtle patrollers in Gomoa Fetteh and Senya Beraku recorded 11 Olive Ridley nests and safely released 2 Green turtles that had been caught as bycatch. It’s a strong, hopeful start to the season.
Our dedicated turtle patrollers in Gomoa Fetteh and Senya Beraku recorded 11 Olive Ridley nests and safely released 2 Green turtles that had been caught as bycatch. It’s a strong, hopeful start to the season.
🔍 On board these vessels, the situation is also dire.
Crew face gruelling and abusive conditions, with no contracts, inadequate food and water, and violence at the hands of foreign officers.
Crew face gruelling and abusive conditions, with no contracts, inadequate food and water, and violence at the hands of foreign officers.
September 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🔍 On board these vessels, the situation is also dire.
Crew face gruelling and abusive conditions, with no contracts, inadequate food and water, and violence at the hands of foreign officers.
Crew face gruelling and abusive conditions, with no contracts, inadequate food and water, and violence at the hands of foreign officers.
❌ Under Cameroonian law, trawlers are banned from fishing within five nautical miles of the coast, where only artisanal fishing is permitted.
These laws are routinely flouted. By entering into this restricted zone, trawlers deplete fish populations and often destroy the artisanal fishers’ gear.
These laws are routinely flouted. By entering into this restricted zone, trawlers deplete fish populations and often destroy the artisanal fishers’ gear.
September 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
❌ Under Cameroonian law, trawlers are banned from fishing within five nautical miles of the coast, where only artisanal fishing is permitted.
These laws are routinely flouted. By entering into this restricted zone, trawlers deplete fish populations and often destroy the artisanal fishers’ gear.
These laws are routinely flouted. By entering into this restricted zone, trawlers deplete fish populations and often destroy the artisanal fishers’ gear.
🎬 Our new film exposes the hidden toll of illegal fishing in Cameroon 🐟
In 🇨🇲, widespread lawbreaking and human rights abuses at sea are wiping out jobs, destroying ecosystems, and leading to the exploitation of crew.
In 🇨🇲, widespread lawbreaking and human rights abuses at sea are wiping out jobs, destroying ecosystems, and leading to the exploitation of crew.
September 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🎬 Our new film exposes the hidden toll of illegal fishing in Cameroon 🐟
In 🇨🇲, widespread lawbreaking and human rights abuses at sea are wiping out jobs, destroying ecosystems, and leading to the exploitation of crew.
In 🇨🇲, widespread lawbreaking and human rights abuses at sea are wiping out jobs, destroying ecosystems, and leading to the exploitation of crew.
🌊 A historic win for our ocean 👏
On Friday, the #HighSeasTreaty reached its 60th ratification needed to enter into force. This is an important moment for ocean protection and collective action on the global stage.
It covers the most remote parts of the ocean in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
On Friday, the #HighSeasTreaty reached its 60th ratification needed to enter into force. This is an important moment for ocean protection and collective action on the global stage.
It covers the most remote parts of the ocean in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🌊 A historic win for our ocean 👏
On Friday, the #HighSeasTreaty reached its 60th ratification needed to enter into force. This is an important moment for ocean protection and collective action on the global stage.
It covers the most remote parts of the ocean in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
On Friday, the #HighSeasTreaty reached its 60th ratification needed to enter into force. This is an important moment for ocean protection and collective action on the global stage.
It covers the most remote parts of the ocean in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
Products linked to these abuses may be entering major markets. We call for action to:
➡️ Establish science-based catch limits and monitoring for squid
➡️ End the use of forced labour and ensure full traceability of supply chains
➡️ Strengthen port controls and ban imports linked to illegal practices
➡️ Establish science-based catch limits and monitoring for squid
➡️ End the use of forced labour and ensure full traceability of supply chains
➡️ Strengthen port controls and ban imports linked to illegal practices
September 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Products linked to these abuses may be entering major markets. We call for action to:
➡️ Establish science-based catch limits and monitoring for squid
➡️ End the use of forced labour and ensure full traceability of supply chains
➡️ Strengthen port controls and ban imports linked to illegal practices
➡️ Establish science-based catch limits and monitoring for squid
➡️ End the use of forced labour and ensure full traceability of supply chains
➡️ Strengthen port controls and ban imports linked to illegal practices
Interviews with Indonesian and Filipino crew revealed violence, debt bondage, withheld wages, poor living conditions and unexplained deaths.
Yet with next to no regulations in place, the exploitation of this fishery is almost completely uncontrolled, putting the ecosystem and lives of crew at risk.
Yet with next to no regulations in place, the exploitation of this fishery is almost completely uncontrolled, putting the ecosystem and lives of crew at risk.
September 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Interviews with Indonesian and Filipino crew revealed violence, debt bondage, withheld wages, poor living conditions and unexplained deaths.
Yet with next to no regulations in place, the exploitation of this fishery is almost completely uncontrolled, putting the ecosystem and lives of crew at risk.
Yet with next to no regulations in place, the exploitation of this fishery is almost completely uncontrolled, putting the ecosystem and lives of crew at risk.
Between 2019 and 2024, fishing hours by Chinese squid vessels in the region increased by 85%, even as landings showed alarming signs of decline.
Their collapse would reverberate through the entire South Atlantic ecosystem.
Their collapse would reverberate through the entire South Atlantic ecosystem.
September 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Between 2019 and 2024, fishing hours by Chinese squid vessels in the region increased by 85%, even as landings showed alarming signs of decline.
Their collapse would reverberate through the entire South Atlantic ecosystem.
Their collapse would reverberate through the entire South Atlantic ecosystem.