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Ten Animals Impacted by Ghost Gear
Lost and abandoned fishing gear, commonly known as “ghost gear,” is the most harmful form of marine debris to wildlife. Commonly made from modern plastics, such as nylon or polyethylene, fis…
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What’s Haunting Our Ocean?
When autumn comes around, cue the leaves changing color, pumpkin spice, candies, apple picking and my favorite part of all: the spooky traditions of Halloween. From haunted houses to scary m…
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Opportunity to End Plastic Pollution: A Global Agreement
Earlier this year, I had a front-row seat at the biggest international effort ever to tackle the scourge of plastic pollution. On March 2, 2022, the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UN…
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Building Power for the Ocean at the UN Ocean Conference
After a two-year delay due to the pandemic, the United Nations (UN) Ocean Conference returned to an in-person event this June. Thousands of people from around the world gathered in Lisbon, P…
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The United Nations’ Plastics Agreement Must Include Ghost Gear
My colleagues and I like to joke that the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) is the World Cup of ocean conferences. Like the World Cup, it happens only every few years, and all the top t…
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Managing Ghost Gear in Mexico
This blog was written by Claudia Cecilia Olimón, the Latin America GGGI Project Coordinator Consultant for Ocean Conservancy. She has more than 12 years working in ocean conservation. Holds…
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Introducing the Global Ghost Gear Initiative Small Grants Recipients of 2022
Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative® (GGGI) engages with international leadership as well as grassroots projects around the world to combat ghost gear—abandoned, lost or otherwi…
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Inspiring Action at the Heart of the Ocean Crisis
Earlier this month, ocean leaders from governments, businesses and expert organizations around the world gathered for the seventh annual Our Ocean Conference in the island nation of Palau. J…
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How Tackling Ghost Gear Can Help Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change
In October 2021, I had the honor of joining world leaders, activists and other representatives from non-governmental organizations in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference…
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