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Selected resources from The Ocean Defenders Project
The resources below include valuable publications, reports, videos, presentations, and websites related to the topic of ocean defenders.
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Paper: The critical role of allied organizations in supporting ocean defenders
Learn more about our latest open access research on the role of allied organizations in supporting and safeguarding ocean defenders.
Defensores del Océano: Protectores del ambiente marino y de los derechos humanos
Este informe está dedicado a las y los defensores del océano en todo el mundo que se organizan, abogan y protestan por la protección del medio marino, de sus territorios y recursos, y de sus derechos humanos. Esperamos que contribuya a ampliar el conocimiento sobre su labor, a generar una mayor atención y a fortalecer el apoyo hacia quienes defienden el océano.
Future Funding Needs to Support and Safeguard Ocean Defenders
Ocean defenders play a crucial role in protecting marine ecosystems and human rights, yet face escalating risks and chronic underfunding. Strategic investment is urgently needed to strengthen their capacity, security, and networks. This brief outlines key funding priorities and recommendations for donors committed to safeguarding those defending our ocean’s future.
Ocean governance and the protection of ocean defenders
This book chapter outlines a research agenda that emphasizes the need for co-developed, ethical research to better understand governance gaps, human rights violations, and the role of civil society.
Ocean Defenders: Protectors of Our Ocean Environment and Human Rights
Check the recording of our second webinar on Ocean Defenders. Here we present the main insights of the report we published, together with key reflections from ocean defenders and human rights experts.
Ocean Defenders: Protectors of our ocean environment and human rights
This report is dedicated to ocean defenders worldwide who are organizing, advocating and protesting for the protection of the ocean environment, their marine territories and resources, and their human rights. It is our hope that it helps to increase knowledge of, bring greater attention to, and increase support for ocean defenders.
Situación a tres años del ecocidio de Ancón: Impactos del derrame de petróleo de Repsol
A tres años del derrame ocasionado por Repsol y a pocas semanas de otro desastre ambiental en el norte del Perú, compartimos los resultados de 41 entrevistas realizadas con la comunidad de Ancón. Este trabajo busca revelar la realidad en la que viven y las preocupaciones que enfrentan más de 1,000 días después del ecocidio.
Webinar: A Global Spotlight on Ocean Defenders
Check the recording of our first webinar on Ocean Defenders. Learn more about the fights they lead, and how we can best support them.
Local Marine Stewardship and Ocean Defenders
In this paper, we argue how local marine stewardship initiatives and ocean defenders are at the forefront of ocean sustainability efforts, yet often receive insufficient recognition and support. We make five recommendations to bring greater attention and support to local marine stewardship and ocean defenders in research, policy, practice, and funding.
Ocean defenders and human rights
In this paper, we advocate for the recognition, support and protection of those individuals, groups or communities who are mobilizing, advocating or taking action to protect the marine environment, coastal and oceanic territories, and associated human rights from existential threats.
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Our Beaches, Our Sea: Heritage of Fishing Communities, Usufruct of All Citizens
This report highlights the cultural, social, and economic significance of coastal areas for fishing communities and emphasizes their rights to these spaces. It critiques the Vizhinjam International Seaport (VIS) for disregarding these rights, citing environmental and social threats such as severe coastal erosion, loss of livelihoods, and biodiversity depletion.
Legal Guide for the Defense of Ecosystems and Species of the Peruvian Sea
Empowering citizens to protect the Peruvian Sea: This guide provides tools and recommendations to defend Peruvian marine ecosystems and species, report threats, and promote accountability for sustainable management of marine resources.
Last line of defence: The industries causing the climate crisis and attacks against land and environmental defenders
This report emphasizes the urgent need to reform global business practices and establish strong legal accountability for corporate actions to eliminate the threats and violence faced by defenders. These individuals represent the last line of defense against climate breakdown, and their protection is essential for safeguarding both their land and our planet.
Environmental Human Rights Defenders: A Global Crisis
The ‘Environmental Human Rights Defenders: A Global Crisis’ Policy Brief seeks to increase attention to the violence and challenges environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) face around the world and to identify possible solutions.
What is the Right to a Healthy Environment? Information Note
This Information Note aims to improve understanding of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, its elements, and why it matters, while also addressing the active role that stakeholders can play in advocating for its realization.
Toolkit for Oceans and Human Rights Defenders
The Toolkit for Oceans and Human Rights Defenders provides a step-by-step layout for effective community mobilization, advocacy, and the defense of human rights. It helps in building community consensus on environmental actions, engaging with NGOs and policymakers, and attracting support in confronting human rights abuses.
Environmental Defenders: Deadly Struggles for Life and Territory
This book explores the challenges and violence faced by environmental defenders globally, highlighting their struggles and the urgent need for protection and support.
International Tribunal on the Impact of Blue Economy in Indian Ocean Countries
This text contains the verdicts from the six tribunal sessions held by the International Independent Tribunal (August 2020 – February 2021), which examined how various coastal fishing communities perceive the Blue Economy framework.
Time to protect environmental rights defenders!
Video by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples promotes effective practices, offers recommendations, and addresses human rights violations to ensure Indigenous voices are central in decision-making and their cultural heritage is protected.
