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Former Local Fisherman Turned Conservationist Named Champion of Saint Barthélemy Hope Spot

Header image: Didier and his team worked to replant endemic plants along the beach following the destruction of Hurricane Irma (c) Didier Laplace
BARTHÉLEMY, CARIBBEAN

After experiencing a near-death accident on a fishing boat in 2011, Didier Laplace, Saint Barthélemy native, turned away from his former life as a commercial fisherman to become an ecologist with a newfound yet steadfast dedication to protecting the ocean. Upon his recovery, he realized that in just a relatively short amount of time the underwater world of his childhood had been degraded, and was in need of help. Through 2013, he visited marine biology universities, labs and island preservation sites to learn everything he could about reef and habitat preservation. From there, he created the association Coral Restoration Saint Barth (CRSB) in 2014.…

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The First Scientific Expedition to Panama’s Unexplored Cordillera de Coiba Hope Spot Sets Sail

Scientists, students and communicators from Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Spain will spend twelve days on the high seas exploring the biodiversity of Panama’s Cordillera de Coiba seamounts. 
Panama, April 27th, 2022

Last year, Panama expanded the Cordillera de Coiba marine protected area from 17,223.52 km2 to 67,908.98 km2 in a move that brought the country to meet its 30×30 conservation goals. Now, an international scientific expedition made up of researchers and students from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), MigraMar, the International Maritime University of Panama (UMIP), the University of Costa Rica and the Ministry of the Environment will set sail on the first mission to explore the seamounts of this protected area. 
 
 
The scientists will conduct daily dives to depths of up to 450 meters, using a manned submarine, and deploy baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVs) several times a day to document the important biodiversity inhabiting the seamounts in the Cordillera de Coiba, located over 60 miles south of the Coiba National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.…

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Beauty Brand Continues Legacy of Supporting Environmental Charities with New Ethique Foundation and Fellowship Initiative; Commits Further $10m in Funding

In celebration of our new partnership, Mission Blue supporters can use the code MISSIONBLUE at checkout for 20% off their order through 12/31/2022.

Global regenerative beauty brand Ethique has today launched the Ethique Foundation, a charitable trust to support organizations and individuals addressing environmental and social issues.
Mission Blue and Eden Reforestation Projects are lead partners for the inaugural year. Both organizations focus on protecting and preserving fragile ecosystems in oceans and forests respectively.
Led by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue works to create global awareness, access, and action for marine protected areas, as well as undertaking regular oceanic expeditions to research these fragile and vital ecosystems. Funding from the Foundation will strengthen Mission Blue’s efforts to remove plastic waste from our oceans.  …

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New Management Plan Approved for the Cordillera de Coiba Hope Spot in Panama

Spanish version below.
Héctor Guzmán, marine conservation biologist of the Smithsonian Institution, worked on the development and drafting of the plan for the management of the expanded protected area. He is also the Champion of the Cordillera de Coiba Hope Spot. To learn more about this Hope Spot, click here.

In June 2021, Panama expanded the Cordillera de Coiba Marine Protected Area from approximately 17,000 to 68,000 square kilometers, accomplishing the goal of the Global Biodiversity Framework’s “30×30 Initiative” to protect 30% of the marine areas of the country by 2030. Less than a year later, in February 2022, Héctor Guzmán, a marine biologist with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), together with a multidisciplinary consulting team, delivered the final management plan for the expanded protected area that was recently approved by the Ministry of the Environment of Panama, according to resolution number DM-No.…

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Mission Blue Launches Partnership with Iron Horse Vineyards, featuring 2018 Ocean Reserve Blanc de Blancs Sparkling Wine

Mission Blue is thrilled to announce a partnership with Iron Horse Vineyards in Sebastopol, California with their 2018 Ocean Reserve, a vintage Blanc de Blancs Sparkling Wine. The 2018 Ocean Reserve is a special, limited edition production. This is a giving wine and a portion of the sales of this Ocean Reserve will support Mission Blue’s ongoing efforts to safeguard the blue heart of the planet. 
Dr. Sylvia Earle, Founder of Mission Blue, says, “I want to thank Iron Horse Vineyards for their support of Mission Blue and our goal of increasing protection for the ocean. All of us need water; the fabric of our lives. All of us need a planet that works, and all of us have the power to do something about it.…

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A Year in the Jangamo Bay Hope Spot, Mozambique

Featured image by Jeff Hester
By Francesca Trotman, Hope Spot Champion and Founder, Love the Oceans

It’s been an entire year since the Jangamo Hope Spot was established – how the time has flown! With the pandemic still ongoing, activities in the area haven’t quite returned to “normal” but organization Love The Oceans, the Hope Spot Champions, and their community have been making progress nonetheless.
 
The 2021-2022 turtle nesting season is currently underway in Jangamo Bay. Love The Oceans welcomed a new member, Melta Marrengula, to help with the patrols. She is the first Mozambique woman in Jangamo to be involved in turtle conservation. Thanks to the Turtle Team’s hard work, more than 200 hatchlings made it to the sea successfully in 2021.…

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Inhambane Seascape in Mozambique Recognized as Mission Blue Hope Spot

Featured image: © Andrea Marshall

The coastline of the Inhambane Province in southern Mozambique is well-known around the world for its thriving biodiversity. The area is rated by the IUCN as a Globally Outstanding marine conservation area and acknowledged as a potential world heritage site by UNESCO. It is a wild and expansive area that holds immense ecological value, extraordinary beauty and incalculable natural heritage. For Dr. Andrea Marshall, local conservation biologist and co-founder of the Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF), it is her life mission to see the coastline comprehensively protected.
 
 
Mission Blue has declared the Inhambane Seascape a Hope Spot in recognition of the spatial planning work being done in the area to develop a network of marine protected areas in the surrounding waters.…

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Dr. Sylvia Earle Celebrates Expanded Marine Protected Area in the Galápagos Islands Hope Spot

By Avrah Sellar, Mission Blue

Today, January 14th, 2022, the President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, signed an official decree enhancing the marine protected area (MPA) around the Galápagos Archipelago in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. The decree will expand protections by 60,000 square kilometers (23,166 square miles); half of which will be fully protected where no extractive activities are allowed. The new protected area known as La Hermandad, “the sisterhood,” will extend to the maritime border of Costa Rica offering an opportunity for multi-national cooperation to manage marine life like sharks, sea turtles and whales which migrate across countries waters.
 
 
Present at the ceremony was Dr. Sylvia Earle and Max Bello, Global Ocean Policy Advisor for Mission Blue, who attended at the invitation of the President.…

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Champions Celebrate Successful Clean-Up Campaign at the Cagarras Islands and Surrounding Waters Hope Spot

By Aline Aguiar, Hope Spot Champion
In a recent beach clean-up campaign in Brazil from November 15th – December 12th, 2021, more than 1,000 participants collected 110lbs (50kg) of trash and brought 529lbs (240kg) of glass and electronic waste to reuse and recycle. 

The Cagarras Islands and Surrounding Waters Hope Spot encompasses a special insular ecosystem on the Brazilian metropolitan waters: the Cagarras Islands Natural Monument. This extraordinary place is a relevant haven for biodiversity, harboring hundreds of species, including rare, endemic, threatened, and even new species that science has not yet described. The marine protected area (MPA) preserves one of the largest nesting grounds of the South Atlantic for frigate birds and brown boobies. One can also spot sea turtles, dolphins, and whales on the surrounding waters.…

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Mission Blue Welcomes Dona Bertarelli to its Board of Directors

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Led by legendary oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue unites a global coalition to inspire support for a worldwide network of marine protected areas – Hope Spots, with the goal of reaching at least 30% ocean protection by 2030. Today, we are delighted to welcome philanthropist, ocean advocate and sportswoman, Dona Bertarelli to our board of directors and to the Mission Blue family.
Ms. Bertarelli is a world-renowned expert in ocean conservation who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to ocean stewardship from a variety of perspectives. She is co-chair of the Bertarelli Foundation, and joined forces with the Pew Charitable Trusts in 2017, continuing their long-term collaboration and forming a new partnership, Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project, to advance ocean protection, perfectly aligning with the goals of Mission Blue. …

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