Blog Posts tagged with “policy”

• The overwhelming economic case for protecting our seas

  By Alasdair Harris In the spirit of engaging with our partners please see below a blog by Alasdair Harris. Alasdair is the Research Director of Blue Ventures, one of our partners within our oceans portfolio.  Easter weekend saw the end of the UK government’s 3-month public consultation on the designation of new marine conservation areas around the coasts of England and…

• Looking back at projects

  As our support for the Senior Policy Advisor post at The London Zoological Society (ZSL) comes to an end, we look back at how supporting this position has helped conservation. Katherine Secoy successfully secured her position at ZSL as the Senior Policy Advisor in Jan 2012 and has since made significant progress on ZSL’s policy impacts and their fundraising targets.…

• A win for ClientEarth and the oceans!

  Synchronicity Earth partner ClientEarth has used its legal knowhow to help block a move by Greenland to increase its whaling quota (including catches of endangered fin whales). In fact, the EU and other anti-whaling nations at the IWC were so persuaded by ClientEarth’s arguments that they refused any quota whatsoever. Congratulations also to Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society who partnered…

• Common Fisheries Policy

  Last week the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) took one step closer towards reform after a marathon meeting of fisheries ministers in Luxembourg. 18 hours of negotiations at the EU Council led to a discard ban—of sorts—and moves towards a maximum sustainable yield policy. A ban on discards—the practice of throwing overboard unwanted fish—has been a key campaign ‘ask’ for…

• Low expectations for Rio

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed ‘cautious optimism’ about the imminent Rio+20 summit, which begins on June 20. He might be the only one. The closer we get to the conference—marking the 20th anniversary of the original Rio Earth Summit in 1992—the more barriers are being thrown in the way of any useful outcomes. For a start, any agreement…