Coastal mangrove and seagrass ecosystems are vital for shoreline protection and coastal livelihoods, yet many are degraded or threatened by human impacts. Engaging youth in conservation and restoration is essential, but barriers such as inadequate support, policy gaps, and unclear pathways for participation limit meaningful, sustained engagement.
The 7th edition of the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity will be organized in Bruges between November 17th and 20th 2026. Find out more about the venue here.
The WCMB 2026 will fly the UN Ocean Decade flag, as it has been endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Event. The overall theme of the Conference is “The marine biodiversity insights we need, for the ocean we want”. As the Conference will take place a little over halfway through the UN Ocean Decade, it will provide an excellent opportunity to take stock of ongoing actions and initiatives, but also evaluate what still needs to be tackled by the end of the Decade.
IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas’ Climate Change Specialist Group is convening a webinar series to promote learning and dialogue among protected area practitioners on the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) Framework.
Blue Futures New Brunswick is a youth-centred working gathering that brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities involved in education, environmental stewardship, and New Brunswick’s Blue sector. The event will explore the connected water system, from inland waters and watersheds to estuaries, coasts, and the ocean.
Friends of the San Juans, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University and the University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories will share results of a collaborative eelgrass research project in San Juan County including:
new countywide eelgrass mapping and 20-year change analysis;
wasting disease resiliency research; and a
land use impact analysis.
The United Nation’s World Ocean Assessment defines ocean governance as “a complex and dynamic interplay of multilevel intergovernmental institutions, instruments and regimes in which concepts, principles and means of implementation are developed and adopted.” While emphasizing it multi-scale nature, including global and regional institutions, ocean governance aims to strengthen legal connectivity, enhancing coherence and synergies in governance.
Join the Seagrass Collective for our Fall Roundtable. Our goal is to create a space for people involved in seagrass stewardship across BC and Washington to reconnect. We invite you to share updates on your work and compare observations and takeaways from the summer season.
A guided November nature walk exploring seasonal changes, the sensations of the intertidal, and our relationships with a changing coastline.
Join us for a special screening of the Salish Sea Trilogy, featuring award-winning short films by filmmaker Jessica Plumb that explore the plight of the Southern Resident Killer Whales and the urgent need to protect their ocean home.
Associate Executive Director of CLIMAtlantic, Stephanie Arnold, joins our Atlantic chapter to discuss the increasing flood risks in eastern provinces.