Breaking Waves: Ocean News
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enMore than half of countries are ignoring biodiversity pledges – analysis
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/more-half-countries-are-ignoring-biodiversity-pledges-analysis
<p>Many of the nations gathering in Rome for Cop16 have offered no plans to honour their agreement to protect 30% of land and sea for nature</p>
<p>More than half the world’s countries have no plans to protect 30% of land and sea for nature, despite committing to a global agreement to do so less than three years ago, new analysis shows.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/more-half-countries-are-ignoring-biodiversity-pledges-analysis" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:00:05 +0000admin99040 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgScotland ‘likely to miss net zero climate target by up to 20m tonnes’
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/scotland-likely-miss-net-zero-climate-target-20m-tonnes
<p>Exclusive: Top officials and climate policy experts believe delays in cutting emissions make it improbable 2045 target will be met</p>
<p>Scotland is likely to miss its legally binding climate target by up to 20m tonnes, according to official data seen by the Guardian.</p>
<p>The Scottish government set itself the world-leading target of reaching net zero – the point where any excess carbon emissions are soaked up by trees, peat or carbon capture – by 2045.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/scotland-likely-miss-net-zero-climate-target-20m-tonnes" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:44:02 +0000admin99038 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgLabour hopes to heal rift with farmers with public sector food targets
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/labour-hopes-heal-rift-farmers-public-sector-food-targets
<p>Hospitals, schools and prisons to be given food welfare targets that should benefit British growers</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/labour-hopes-heal-rift-farmers-public-sector-food-targets" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:19:37 +0000admin99037 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgFlea treatments are turning our pets into an environmental hazard – there has to be a better way | Sophie Pavelle
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/flea-treatments-are-turning-our-pets-environmental-hazard-there-has-be-better-way-soph
<p>Startling evidence of the dangers to birds and rivers from over-the-counter drugs should be a wake-up call for owners to press for alternatives</p>
<p>When I was 10, I succeeded in my campaign for a family dog. Part of her care, and our joy as owners, was the monthly application of spot-on worm and flea treatment. With veterinary medicine on my mind as a career, I relished the theatre of vets-at-home. We bought doses over the counter, scheduling the dog’s treatment on the calendar like a five-a-side.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/flea-treatments-are-turning-our-pets-environmental-hazard-there-has-be-better-way-soph" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:00:41 +0000admin99036 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgBackyard chickens: Floridians start raising hens to combat rising egg prices
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/backyard-chickens-floridians-start-raising-hens-combat-rising-egg-prices
<p>Despite conflicting laws, a wave of amateur homesteaders have started keeping fowl in the spirit of self-sufficiency</p>
<p>Katie Whalen’s backyard in the Florida city of Port St Lucie is testament to her journey towards a life of self-sufficiency. She grows mangoes, avocados, starfruit, jackfruit and coconuts. She is cultivating a tropical tree spinach known as chaya.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/backyard-chickens-floridians-start-raising-hens-combat-rising-egg-prices" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 14:00:40 +0000admin99034 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgKeir Starmer pledges £200m for Grangemouth oil refinery site
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/keir-starmer-pledges-200m-grangemouth-oil-refinery-site
<p>Unions have accused UK government of failing to act quickly enough to save jobs, but Labour says it took time to build credible proposal</p>
<p>Keir Starmer has announced £200m in funding to boost investment at Grangemouth oil refinery, which is closing down with the loss of more than 400 jobs.</p>
<p>The prime minister said the national wealth fund would provide £200m in state investment for up to five companies who moved to Grangemouth, where several thousand jobs in the wider supply chain are also at risk. He said that should leverage up to £600m more in private investment.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/keir-starmer-pledges-200m-grangemouth-oil-refinery-site" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:18:42 +0000admin99035 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org‘Fixing a problem we didn’t cause’: the Black Appalachian activists cultivating community power
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/fixing-problem-we-didn-t-cause-black-appalachian-activists-cultivating-community-power
<p>Robust group of organizers – including midwives, environmental justice advocates and urban gardeners – rewrite what it means to be from the US mountain region</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/fixing-problem-we-didn-t-cause-black-appalachian-activists-cultivating-community-power" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:00:36 +0000admin99033 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgScaling biocultural initiatives can support nature, food, and culture from summit to sea
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/scaling-biocultural-initiatives-can-support-nature-food-and-culture-summit-sea
<p>npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 23 February 2025; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44183-024-00090-6">doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00090-6</a></p>
<p>Scaling biocultural initiatives can support nature, food, and culture from summit to sea</p>
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:00:00 +0000admin99039 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgMan bitten by shark off Queensland’s Moreton Island in second attack in less than a month
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/man-bitten-shark-queensland-s-moreton-island-second-attack-less-month
<p>Victim is in a stable condition at a Brisbane hospital with abdominal and leg injuries, authorities say</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/man-bitten-shark-queensland-s-moreton-island-second-attack-less-month" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 03:01:44 +0000admin99032 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.orgThese people protected US forests and lands. Their jobs have now vanished due to Trump
https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/these-people-protected-us-forests-and-lands-their-jobs-have-now-vanished-due-trump
<p>Former federal employees devastated by president’s mass firings: ‘We’re at risk of losing our public lands to the billionaire agenda’</p>
<p>Approximately 2,300 people have been terminated from the agencies that manage the 35m acres (14m hectares) of federal public lands in the US.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/breaking-wave/these-people-protected-us-forests-and-lands-their-jobs-have-now-vanished-due-trump" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:00:11 +0000admin99031 at https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org