Marine reserves are the most powerful tool available for the conservation of ocean wildlife and may also benefit fisheries by promoting recovery and reproduction of exploited species. In this report we present a design for a global network of...

The international waters of the high seas are our common heritage. Most of the resources of this global commons are nonrenewable. A new UNCLOS implementing agreement needs to fill the gaping void in the current regime for the protection of marine...

This Greenpeace report sets out the argument for the urgent establishment of a network of marine reserves across the Mediterranean Sea to safeguard its productivity, its marine life and its ecosystems for the many millions of people who rely on...

This report describes the poor environmental state of the Baltic Sea today and identifies thedevelopment of the European Marine Strategy, and the associated proposal for a Directive, as the key political process which could provide the means to...

The experts warn that we have eroded the ocean’s ability to cope with and mitigate the consequences of global warming.