Our Favorite Global Marine Conservation Stories from 2020
December 30, 2020
Medium
Making Our Marine Environment Safe for Future Shark Weeks
By Luke Warwick
The Revelator
The Informal Blue Economy: East Africa’s Silent Shark Killer
By Rhett Bennett, Dave van Beuningen and Mike Markovina
Subsistence, artisanal, and small-scale fisheries represent a previously unrecognized threat to many protected shark and ray species.
American Way Magazine
Sight fidelity: Go whale watching in New York Harbor
In recent years, whales have returned to New York waters. It's encouraging, says WCS's Howard Rosenbaum, but "we also have to recognize the big picture, that these animals are coming into contact with ships and other industries." The WCS Marine Program works with the WCS New York Aquarium on a range of conservation projects in the New York Bight.
Scientific Papers
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Large geographic variability in the resistance of corals to thermal stress
Coastal Management
Strong sharing networks can help communities rebound from crises
Conservation Science and Practice
An integrated approach to tackling wildlife crime
Journal of Applied Ecology
Logging Tropical Forests Jeopardizes Fisheries Important for Food and Livelihoods
The findings illustrate that logging activity in the Solomon Islands is associated with lower coral cover and structural complexity on adjacent reefs, as well as lower abundance of many types of fish commonly caught for food and sold at markets.
The Revelator
Want to Save the World’s Coral Reefs? A MERMAID Can Help
By Emily Darling
Press Release
WCS Congratulates Government of Belize On Newly Expanded Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve
Given its close proximity to neighboring countries and the threat of transboundary fishing, this declaration allows for the protection of an extensive coral reef complex known as the Corona Reef, located at the southwestern terminus of the Cayman Trench.
Scientific American
We can save coral reefs
By Alfred DeGemmis, Stacy Jupiter, Simon Cripps,
and Emily Darling
Members of the International Coral Reef Initiative have agreed on the steps. Now governments have to act.
ECO Magazine
Dr. Nyawira Muthiga Nominated Among World’s Top 15 Coral Reef Researchers
She has over 30 years of experience working in coastal Kenya and coral reefs around the world.
National Public Radio
Offshore Wind May Help The Planet—But Will It Hurt Whales?
"Everyone is interested in the benefits of renewable energy and what that does for our climate and for society," WCS's Howard Rosenbaum says. "We also want to protect the wildlife and these habitats."
Mongabay
Listening to marine mammals is helping scientists understand Arctic impacts of climate change
These findings provide a baseline to guide future efforts to monitor the Arctic’s cetacean and pinniped species. They can also help inform conservation strategies for acoustically sensitive marine mammals.
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