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Success story for IMMA uptake in conservation

Success story for IMMA uptake in conservation

The Bazaruto Archipelago to Inhambane Bay IMMA has formed the basis of a proposed Environmental Protection Area (EPA) in Mozambique, as recommended by Conservation International. The proposed EPA corresponds with the extent of the Bazaruto Archipelago to Inhambane Bay IMMA identified during the Western Indian Ocean and Arabian Seas IMMA Workshop held in March 2019.  TheContinue Reading Success story for IMMA uptake in conservation

Everything you wanted to know about hydrothermal vents but were too afraid to ask

Everything you wanted to know about hydrothermal vents but were too afraid to ask

The sixth and last of the GOBI webinar series was delivered on Thursday 28 January 2021 by five leading experts in the field of hydrothermal vent ecology and spatial analysis. To find out more about the ‘life’ history of hydrothermal vents, the specialist and unique animal communities that live around them, the way these animalsContinue Reading Everything you wanted to know about hydrothermal vents but were too afraid to ask

High Seas and coastal linkages

High Seas and coastal linkages

The fifth webinar in the GOBI webinar series was delivered successfully on Wednesday 13 January 2021, highlighting the impressive progress made by GOBI partner Fundación MarViva in describing and promoting the Costa Rica Thermal Dome. The webinar in full, together with the presentation slides, can be viewed on the GOBI YouTube channel. Many thanks toContinue Reading High Seas and coastal linkages

Mapping bioregions in the Indian and SW Pacific Oceans

Mapping bioregions in the Indian and SW Pacific Oceans

The latest in the series of GOBI webinars – Bioregionalisation of the Indian and southwestern Pacific Ocean – has been delivered by Piers Dunstan, the project’s lead investigator at CSIRO. The presentation describes how the acquisition of data and development of bespoke mathematical models has resulted in the identification of naturally justifiable and distinct provincesContinue Reading Mapping bioregions in the Indian and SW Pacific Oceans

Watch again: GOBI webinar on migratory connectivity

Watch again: GOBI webinar on migratory connectivity

The second in the GOBI webinar series – Here there and everywhere: migratory connectivity in the ocean – is now available to watch again. Presentations slides are also available for download here. Tune in again on Thursday 26 November 2020 for the next GOBI webinar on seabird tracking data’s contribution to marine conservation.

Watch GOBI webinar on IMMAs

Watch GOBI webinar on IMMAs

The first of six webinars in the GOBI webinar series was delivered on Wednesday 28 October 2020, introducing Important Marine Mammal Areas – IMMAs. The presenters – Erich Hoyt, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara and Simone Panigada, representing the Marine Mammal Protected Area Task Force – explained the concept of IMMAs and the efforts undertaken soContinue Reading Watch GOBI webinar on IMMAs