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Straight into it this morning - 🧵on where we are with Ireland's new #MarineProtectedArea legislation and when we can expect it to become law 👇🌊🐟🦈🇮🇪
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2020
🐟Ireland's Programme for Government commits to ‘30% of marine protected areas by 2030…done on the basis of scientific expertise and in close consultation with all stakeholders’;

🐟MPA Advisory Group publish report ‘Expanding Ireland’s Network of MPAs’;
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2021
🐟Government consult on the MPA report and 2,311 public feedback responses are received;

🐟A summary of consultation responses is published indicating overwhelming support of MPAs and 30x30 targets (i.e., 30% of Irish waters as a MPA before 2030 #30x30);
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True to form as a late lateef, as there are still few mins to go before #WorldOceansDay ends on this earth let me share my pet peeves by replugging old unresolved but doable issues! Bear with me @sherryrehman @hnaqikhan @HqPmsa @IndusEarthTrust @dgprPaknavy @aminattock @dpr_gob
#Pakistan is signatory of #CBD. #Aichi targets mandate declaring 10% of coast as #MarineProtectedArea. Under @mangrovesforfuture a #NationalCoordinatingBody of stakeholders was formed & finally in 2017 #Astola isl. was decl. as the 1st. #MPA
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In 2018 a workshop was held by @IUCN to develop a management plan for #Astola. Since then..ZILCH! It is 2022. Status in limbo. Is it to be 'low take' or 'no take'? If former, which level of 'take' or activity is permitted. If latter, what alternatives for beneficiaries @dpr_gob ?
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Drones, Fitbits and AI, oh my: Happy #WorldPenguinDay! Come learn about how #NSFfunded researchers from @PointBlueConSci study Adélie penguins at one of the windiest locations on Earth. #takeoverNSF

📸: @ae_schmidty
Can you guess what an Adélie penguin 🐧 and a salmon 🐟 have in common? #WorldPenguinDay

📷Matthias Breiter

#takeoverNSF
Both of these charismatic species exhibit what scientists call “natal philopatry,” which means they return to their birthplaces to breed!

Adélies often end up building their pebble nests very close to where they hatched. #takeoverNSF
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(1/4) The #ocean is central to human well-being but an expanding human footprint is placing it at risk. 6% of the #Mediterranean Sea is covered by a #MarineProtectedArea (#MPA) but this percentage is far from telling the whole story...

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(2/4) Evaluating the #protection levels of the 1062 Mediterranean #MPAs we show that 95% of this area do not impose #regulations stronger inside than outside #MPAs.

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(3/4) Only 0.23% of the #Mediterranean Sea is #fully or #highly protected; levels of protection known to deliver the ecological benefits from which socioeconomic benefits are derived.

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