Exploring the Deep | A Conversation with Marcus Eriksen
Marcus Eriksen is the co-founder of Leap Lab, as well as the Research Director and co-founder of the 5 Gyres Institute. He studies the global distribution and ecological impacts of plastic marine pollution, which has included expeditions sailing through all 5 subtropical gyres, Bay of Bengal, Southern Ocean and inland lakes and rivers, recently publishing the first global estimate of all plastic of all sizes floating in the world’s oceans, totaling 270,000 metric tons from 5.25 trillion particles.
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Watch - Our Big Ocean
Filmed during the Ocean Managers XChange and launched at IMPAC5, the new short film, Our Big Ocean amplifies the voices of managers and practitioners working on the frontlines of marine conservation to simultaneously protect vital ocean ecosystems and the communities whose physical and spiritual sustenance it intrinsically tied to them.
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People, Art, Conservation | A Conversation with Naiʻa Lewis
As founder of Salted Logic, an indigenous, women-owned multi-media collective, Naiʻa leverages twenty-five years of experience in the public and private sectors to help clients reach their goals. She uses innovative media, high-impact communication products, culturally-driven design, coaching, and resilient partnerships to achieve project objectives parallel to building resilient communities and durable intergenerational learning systems.
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Global Gathering Advances Ocean Protection at Scale
Last week, Big Ocean and the Blue Nature Alliance hosted the 2022 Ocean Manager’s XCHANGE at Camp Mokulē'ia on the North Shore of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. The convening brought together 36 marine managers and practitioners from 17 countries working to collectively protect more than 8 million square kilometers of ocean.
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Two Sites. One Mission.
In the far East of the Pacific Ocean lies a sanctuary for marine life called Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park. Created in 2010, this park bans exploitation of 150,000 square kilometres of ocean and surrounds a tiny, unpeopled island only 0.15 square kilometres in size (Wagner et al. 2021).
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Ocean Patient | A Conversation with Dan Laffoley
Dan is a well-respected leading global expert on ocean conservation. He is currently Emeritus Marine Vice Chair of IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). He is a member of WCPA Chair’s Advisory Group, and Chairs the Hope Spot Council and is an Emeritus Board Member of Mission Blue. He is also a founding Non-Executive Board Member of the Office for Environmental Protection, established in the wake of Brexit Under the Environment Act.
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Ocean Managers XChange 2022
For the first time in five years, co-organizers Big Ocean and the Blue Nature Alliance are pleased to host this global peer-to-peer learning exchange of ocean managers and practitioners. Ultimately, the XChange aims to advance best practices in large-scale ocean conservation and create new peer-to-peer relationships that become resilient, reciprocal, and sustainable over time.
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Big Ocean goes mobile
The Big Ocean App is a virtual doorway into a community of practice focused on Large-Scale MPAs (LSMPA). Our main objective is to raise the profile of best practice management and catalyze relationships between practitioners to build capacity and further professionalize the field.
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Scale Matters | A Conversation with ʻAulani Wilhelm
Aulani Wilhelm is the senior vice president for Oceans at Conservation International. Her work bridges culture, community and science to drive innovations in ocean conservation.
Aulani has played a pivotal role in shaping the emerging field of large-scale ocean conservation, leading the design and establishment of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaiʻi, and as founder of Big Ocean, a network of the world’s largest marine managed areas.
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Protecting A Global Hope Spot
The waters surrounding Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean have long been recognised for their varied and abundant marine life (Ascension Island Government 2021 b). In recent years, threats to that abundance have led to efforts to conserve and protect the region’s environment.
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No Man Is an Island | A Conversation with James Ellsmoor
James Ellsmoor is the founder and CEO of Island Innovation, a global network that connects island communities through digital communication and programming. Events like the Virtual Island Summit allow rural communities, organizations, and island stakeholders to connect in ways they wouldnʻt otherwise.
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LSMPA Summit 2021
Hosted and facilitated by Big Ocean, this 2-day virtual gathering aims to share lessons learned and to address the priority needs of managers and teams working on-the-ground globally. Registration using Big Ocean’s Eventbrite page is required and will give you access to the recordings if you are not able to attend the live session.
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