GOBI partner MarViva Foundation, in collaboration with Misión Tiburon and Mission Blue, has recently completed a successful high-seas research expedition to the Costa Rica Thermal Dome (CRTD). During the 2-vessel mission in early April 2017, plankton samples were collected from various depths in the water column, as well as water samples for the detection ofContinue Reading Successful expedition to the Costa Rica Thermal Dome

GOBI representatives joined other delegates at the third session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom3) on the Development of an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, which took place on 27 AprilContinue Reading PrepCom3: progress towards an internationally-binding legal instrument for BBNJ

The Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) regional workshop for the South Pacific– sponsored by the GOBI-IKI project in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and coordinated by the IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force – was successfully convened in Apia, Samoa, on 27-31 March 2017. During the workshop, 23Continue Reading Important Marine Mammal Areas in the South Pacific