Social Media Ideas for Marine Parks

Marine National Monuments and Sanctuaries: Reminders of Our Shared Past and Connected Future

The PapahДЃnaumokuДЃkea Marine National Monument would stretch from Manhattan to Omaha if laid out across the continental United States. Yet, you may never have heard of this diver...

From paper parks to lasting protection, here’s what works in marine conservation

In recent years, there has been a steady stream of ocean conservation pledges, from French Polynesia extending marine protection across its nearly 5 million-square-kilometer exclus...

Indefinite ban on taking sea life from large parts of Auckland and Coromandel coastlines

The ban follows community tensions over visitors taking sea life.

California creates first tribal-led marine protected areas

California wildlife regulators have made the state's first 'underwater parks' in an effort spearheaded by tribes. It's a win for Indigenous stewardship but a loss for fishers who w...

Questions & answers about Ankara’s marine parks move

Why is Turkey choosing to declare national marine parks? First of all, they are a response to the establishment of Greek marine parks.

Marine Protection Initiatives in South Al Sharqiyah Governorate

Sur: During the month of September 2026, specialised teams from the Environment Department in South Al Sharqiyah Governorate conducted a campaign during which the participants save...

New Global Study Reveals Marine Protection Is Mostly Failing Beneath the Surface

New research from Australia's University of Tasmania warns that the world's marine protected areas are far less effective than global targets suggest, with true ecological recovery...

Kenting park office reports coral ‘poaching’ incident

Marine protected areas aren’t as protected as you think

Only 2 percent of the ocean appears to benefit substantially from marine conservation areas, challenging a key metric of the 30x30 campaign.

Prohibirán entrada de mascotas y equipos de sonido en el Parque Nacional Mochima a partir de diciembre

La medida busca resguardar el ecosistema marino-costero y garantizar la tranquilidad de los visitantes para la próxima temporada vacacional. The post Prohibirán entrada de mascotas...

Greenpeace catches Hong Kong geopark ‘golden week’ visitors damaging marine life

About 100 incidents of visitors catching sea cucumbers and digging up sea snails and clams were recorded at a popular spot in Hong Kong’s Unesco-listed geopark on a single day of t...

Oil pollution is drifting into marine protected areas, report finds

Oil slicks from vessels and offshore oil operations repeatedly drifted into marine protected areas around the world between 2022 and 2025, a new analysis has found. The report rais...

Marine conservation collides with mining in Indonesia’s biodiversity-rich Moramo Bay

SOUTH KONAWE, Indonesia — A marine protected area in Indonesia’s Southeast Sulawesi province is home to a critically depleted population of humphead wrasse. The species presence he...

Column: Don’t open marine sanctuary to fishing

I’ve been fishing and diving in Hawaii’s waters since I was 10 years old. It’s rare that a day goes by when I don’t get into the water. Now, at 78, I’ve spent nearly seven decades...

Greece rejects Turkish marine parks

Greece has described Turkey’s declaration of “national” marine parks as “invalid and lacking legal effect” insofar as they extend into areas outside Turkish jurisdiction and within...

Athens moves ahead with marine park

Greece has submitted a draft presidential decree establishing the South Aegean-1 Marine Park to the Council of State, advancing a conservation initiative amid tensions with Turkey...

Belize looks to the deep sea to complete its 30% ocean protection pledge

Belize is turning to its deep waters to fulfill its pledge to protect 30% of its ocean and achieve the sixth milestone of its Blue Bond agreement. A draft marine spatial plan submi...

Column: Day-use mooring protects coral reefs

Every time a boat drops anchor near a reef, there is a risk of damage below the surface. Coral can be broken, dragged across or disturbed in ways that may take years to recover.

Coast guard takes action to protect local sea turtles

South Aegean marine park plan submitted to Greece’s top administrative court

The plan sets out measures to protect biodiversity and fulfils a commitment made by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Our Ocean Conference in Athens in April 2024 The post...

A once-in-a-generation opportunity for California’s ocean

California is weighing new marine protections that could safeguard vital coastal habitats, help restore marine life, and give Tribes a greater role in ocean stewardship.

Panama looks to science, fishers, and the law to protect its sharks and rays

PUERTO CAIMITO, Panama — It’s a late April morning and the Tabor, an industrial fishing boat, is sailing around Chepillo Island in Panama Bay. Under the eyes of the crew, Yehudi Ro...

Qatar Reaffirms Commitment to Protecting Whale Sharks in Qatari Waters

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to protecting marine biodiversity and whale sharks in Qatari waters, considering the species on...

IUCN’s Madhu Rao on the world’s protected areas: Progress, pressures and the race to 2030

A park ranger in the Democratic Republic of Congo survived an ambush that killed colleagues. In Cambodia, mines and dams are pressing against land set aside for wildlife. In the Am...