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Q&A | Martin Visbeck & Jacqueline Uku |…

Q&A | Martin Visbeck & Jacqueline Uku | 2020 May 14

From SDG Academy on 14 May, 2020

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This live Q&A session took place on May 14, 2020, and answered questions related to the UN Decade of Ocean Science, ocean governance, ocean literacy, and the impact…
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Fisheries Economics and Management

Fisheries Economics and Management

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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In the period from 1950 to the late 1980s, global catches in fishers have increased from less than 20 million tons per year to about 80 million tons per year. They have…
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Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable…

Introduction: The Oceans and Sustainable Development

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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The global ocean connects us all and provides our livelihoods, the oxygen we breathe, and transportation, among other things. The ocean is included in SDG 14. This…
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Ocean Plastic: Where Is It?

Ocean Plastic: Where Is It?

From SDG Academy on 12 August, 2019

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Plastic in the ocean is polluting the ocean, but in order to address this problem, we need to know where the plastic is within the ocean. In this chapter, Dr. Erik Van…
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Governing Global Commons

Governing Global Commons

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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The regulation and enforcement of the oceans is very difficult. The Law of the Sea Convention and other landmark legal instruments have brought important progress over…
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Human Influence on the Ocean

Human Influence on the Ocean

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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This era of human impact on the environment and the ocean is called the Anthropocene, and the main problem is that we produce energy by burning fossil fuels and emit…
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One Planet, One Ocean - Trailer

One Planet, One Ocean - Trailer

From SDG Academy on 2 August, 2019

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Click here to enroll in One Planet, One Ocean: https://www.edx.org/course/one-planet-one-ocean This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license. Learn more at…
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Aquaculture and Mariculture

Aquaculture and Mariculture

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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Most of marine aquaculture is not sustainable and is actually taking away protein from the human population. Around 1990, the wild capture fisheries leveled off at 95…
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Our Ocean: A Finite Resource

Our Ocean: A Finite Resource

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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The ocean has always sparked human curiosity. In the mid-20th century, people began to realize that there are limits to what humanity should do to our planet before it…
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Dance of the Plankton

Dance of the Plankton

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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Plankton are tiny creatures that drift in the sunlit surface layer of the sea, and their choreography is conducted by sunlight and nutrients. Light only penetrates the…
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Sub-Seafloor CO2 Storage

Sub-Seafloor CO2 Storage

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a concept in which carbon dioxide that is produced from industries is captured and pumped deep beneath the seafloor. Klaus Wallman, a…
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Ocean Plastic: What to do about it

Ocean Plastic: What to do about it

From SDG Academy on 12 August, 2019

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This video addresses the question of how to deal with the plastic problem in the ocean in a sustainable way. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.…
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Coastal Hazards

Coastal Hazards

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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Coastal systems are exposed to natural hazards such as tropical storms, as well as slower process such as coastal erosion. Sea level rise exacerbates the effects of…
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Coastal Solutions: Ecosystem-Based Management

Coastal Solutions: Ecosystem-Based Management

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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Roughly 10 percent of the world’s population lives below 10 meters mean sea level, which will experience the threats of sea level rise to varying degrees of…
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Evolution and Marine Biodiversity

Evolution and Marine Biodiversity

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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Marine life adapts to the extreme and unique conditions deep in the ocean. Of the probably more than one million species in the oceans, at least four-fifths are…
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Sustainable Management of Fisheries

Sustainable Management of Fisheries

From SDG Academy on 31 July, 2019

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In this chapter Martin Quaas gives some arguments for an economic solution to the global overfishing problem. The fundamental problem is that there is a price for fish…

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