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Shark Plan: Conserving Sri Lankan sharks, rays and chimaeras through the Ocean Country Partnership Programme

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The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) collaboration with Sri Lanka on shark, ray and chimaera conservation through the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) was furthered in mid-November with a UK visit from the Sri Lankan Director General and …

Early Career Ocean Professionals at the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA)

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Written by Parvathi Vallivattathillam, National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Lianne Harrison, Cefas and Francesca D'Enno, Defra. The All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA) is a science diplomacy effort which unites twelve countries across the Atlantic to strengthen and foster collaborative …

Seeing Red: Cefas contributes to IUCN global assessment of threatened coral reefs

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Coral reefs are vital for our oceans. They are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, providing habitat for a vast array of marine life. They also provide livelihoods for over 600 million people, and coastal protection …

World AMR Awareness Week - working together to tackle the global challenge

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World AMR Awareness Week 2024 takes place this week, 18-24th November, a global campaign to raise awareness and understanding of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and to promote best practices to reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. Antimicrobial resistance occurs …

Ocean Country Partnership Programme in Sri Lanka - climate change, seafood and pollution updates.  

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Authors: Peter Randall, Charlotte Reeve, Alessandra Bielli, Bryan-Goodsir Thompson, Kelly Bateman, Angharad Elliman Through the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP), Sri Lanka and the UK are collaborating to tackle the three key challenges of marine biodiversity, marine pollution and sustainable …

The One Food programme at the World One Health Congress, South Africa

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Authors: Julie Bremner (Cefas), Grant Stentiford (Cefas), Flavie Vial (APHA), Essa Suleman (CSIR) The UK government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) recently attended the 8th World One Health Congress (WOHC) …

Emerging from the ‘innovation valley of death’: Opportunities and challenges for the seaweed industry in the UK and Europe.

Every new industry or technology requires funding to survive, initially for research and development (R&D), developing processes and products, and then to scaling up to a viable business. A lot of the initial research is supported by public funding, which …

Strengthening Sri Lanka’s preparedness to respond to oiled wildlife emergencies

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Written by Jamie Small, from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), on behalf of JNCC and Cefas, The UK government's Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCPP) team share updates on oiled wildlife response training recently delivered in Sri Lanka. JNCC and …

Safeguarding Global Coral Trade: The Power of a New Visual Guide for Border Inspections

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Pieces of hard coral during import check at Heathrow. Photo credit. Border Force.

It’s a dark, damp evening in February 2023 when staff from UK Border Force’s CITES team are called to Heathrow’s Animal Reception Centre to inspect a shipment of hard coral. A mismatch between the CITES permit and its packing list …

Collaboration and progress through Cefas’ Climate, Health, and Environment Resilience Programme in the Middle East

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Our Climate, Health, and Environment Resilience Programme (CHERP) has recently kicked off another year of activity in the Middle East. With the UN Climate Change COP28 currently underway in the region, we are taking a look back at what we …