🌊 This week is Coastcare Week (1–7 December).

Learn more about this initiative launched in Australia to protect and restore coastal and marine ecosystems:

🔗 landcareaustralia.org.au/resources/ca...

Let’s protect our oceans — wherever we are.

🌿Mangroves as a nature-based solution to coastal erosion.

New simulations using the Digital Twin of the Ocean show that the denser mangroves grow in tidal areas, the more they stabilize the coastline.

Learn more from the publication: meerwissen.org/publications...

Photo Credits: MANCOGA Project

Bridging knowledge and impact: Scientists, policymakers, and communities for sustainable ocean management

🌍 16 African–German partnerships
🌊 Contribution to the UN Ocean Decade

👉 Learn more: meerwissen.org

#OceanDecade #CoDesign #MarineScience #CapacityBuilding

Credit: Ben Jones/Ocean Image Bank

🌊 New study reveals data gaps in ocean #biodiversity below 30 m depth.

🔬 Authors call for coordinated sampling to improve models and prediction – "enabling us to better manage our #ocean and comprehend life on Earth."

@nature.com: tinyurl.com/39fdsphr
@plymuni.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/mrxyu9dn

At the #UNOC3 side event „The Future of Blue Economy in Africa“
@arthurtuda.bsky.social from @wiomsa.bsky.social mentioned that investments in science are very low. When we want to walk the talk we need to invest in research and strengthen institutional capacities for a Sustainable Blue Economy.

Edem Mahu, University of Ghana presented the MANCOGA project at #UNOC3 side event with @blueactionfund.org & @wwf-ocean.bsky.social
Her message:“To protect our coastal climate hereos, we need to focus on to building robust knowledge systems & secure sustained funding.“
meerwissen.org/partnership-...

Dr. Andreas Schaumayer, @bmz.de highlighted the need to link science & ocean-based development at our side event with @geomarkiel.bsky.social
at #UNOC3. Putting people into the centre of evidence-based ocean action is crucial. We support African-German partnerships. meerwissen.org/partnership-...

🌊 Great to have #UN Special Envoy for the Ocean Peter Thomson at our #UNOC3 Side Event for #MeerWissen and #FUTURO.

🤝🏽 Voices like his are key to building the strong partnerships and shared visions we need — for marine #science that matters and solution-oriented #policymaking.

#SaveOurOcean #SDG14

🚢 Our #UNOC3 Side Event with @geomarkiel.bsky.social is ongoing and the message is clear:

📣 The #science we do must be for the whole of #society. #CoDesign is an inclusive instrument for effective project collaboration and transformation.

#FUTURO #MeerWissen #SaveOurOcean #OceanDecade #SDG14

🔍 How do we build shared visions for #sustainable #ocean management?

📍 In less than 3 hours, our #UNOC3 side event with @geomarkiel.bsky.social and #FUTURO launches in Nice.

🎧 Can’t make it? The recording will be available soon via our website: meerwissen.org

#SaveOurOcean #OceanDecade #SDG14

🌊 Happy #WorldOceansDay!

Tomorrow #UNOC3 starts in Nice – a key moment to spotlight the #ocean as the backbone of our planet: It regulates the global #climate, provides #food and #livelihood, and is essential for #biodiversity.

Indeed, we must sustain the wonders of the ocean to sustain ourselves.

🌊 Join us at #UNOC3 in Nice next week!

#FUTURO and #MeerWissen side event:
🗓️ 10 June 2025
🕐 13:00–15:00
📍 Nice Harbour

🔹 Bridging #science, #policy, and #society for sustainable #ocean management in #Africa.
🔹 Panel discussion and lunch networking reception.

🔗 Registration: tinyurl.com/mpptncnz

📣 High-impact webinar ahead of #UNOC3 & #INC52: Explore legal duties and tools for a strong global #PlasticsTreaty – and how you can help push it across the finish line!

🗓️ 21 May | 10AM CEST: tinyurl.com/bdct4es9
@eia-news.bsky.social @unep.org @iisd.org

❄️ Glaciers melt – oceans rise 🌊
On this #WorldGlaciersDay, the @wmo-global.bsky.social State of the Global Climate 2024 report confirms:

🔥 2024 was the warmest year ever.
🧊 Glaciers are disappearing fast.
🌊 Meltwater fuels sea level rise.

Glacier loss impacts us all.

📖 Read more: bit.ly/4kKaa5u

Mackerel scad in Tanzania at risk of overfishing! 🚨
Too many juveniles & mega-spawners are being caught - action is needed now. 🐟🌊
Dive into the new study from the MeerWissen project FIDEA: tinyurl.com/2m9yy6x2
#SustainableFisheries #Overfishing

Hello, Bluesky! 👋

We are the MeerWissen Initiative – African-German partners for ocean knowlege.🌐

Our mission: Strong partnerships for marine science that matters.🌊

Follow us for updates on the MeerWissen projects and learn more about the initiative on our website: meerwissen.org.