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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
🌊 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 💬
🚆📣 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 – 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.
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 ✉️
🌊🐢 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.
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.