Improving the state of European seas
The dire state of European seas gives reason to a coalition of dozens of NGOs, including OceanCare, to present the “Blue Manifesto” today – a [...]
30 years of climate non-action
Vienna, a Friday at the end of September 2019. A girl, perhaps 12 years old, is standing on an elevated spot, upright and full of [...]
Helmut Dungler (1963-2020)
The news of the passing away of Helmut Dungler, who was known as “Heli” beyond the animal welfare movement, was a hard blow for me. [...]
FIRE
Scientific evidence. Reports. Debates. Talks. Weather extremes, such as flooding, draught, fires. Climate crisis is real. Global warming is real. But it still reaches a [...]
Waste falls softly at night. A look back on an evening in Advent.
The 9th of December 2019 saw a special Christmas evening taking the guests of the event “Merry Trashmas. Waste falls softly at night” on a [...]
Spanish whale migration corridor declared specially protected area of mediterranean importance
OceanCare, present at COP21: “This international recognition is both a challenge and a great opportunity for the Spanish Government to demonstrably prioritize its fight against [...]
Traffic rules for shipping in important whale and dolphin habitat is essential, conservationists say
Nicolas Entrup represented OceanCare at the triennial conference of the agreement on cetacean conservation in the Mediterranean. In the final press release, he draws a [...]
Public funding of € 100 million for Ukrainian poultry giant cancelled
Regular readers of this website are familiar with MHP - the company that has been inflated into a poultry meat giant by hundreds of millions [...]
Japanese court rules in favour of dolphin conservationist
Ric O’Barry is a tireless fighter for dolphin protection. For many years he has been travelling to Japan to document the dolphin hunt in the [...]
Stop searching for oil in the seabed and reduce cargo vessel speed
At the UN Climate Action Summit OceanCare calls for a binding roadmap to end the search for oil in the seabed! In view of the [...]