The fully protected Islas Marías Biosphere Reserve shelters an incredible diversity of life including rocky reefs and hard corals. Photo Credit: Octavio Aburto
By Carlos F. Gaymer and Alan M. Friedlander Chile has created several large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs) around their offshore archipelagos. These islands have cultural and ecological connections to the broader insular Pacific and by protecting these unique ecosystems, Chile ...
New report highlights measures needed to safeguard the Kawésqar National Park and Reserve A new report recommends that the Government of Chile not approve any new applications for salmon farming within the newly created Kawésqar national reserve in ...
El nuevo informe destaca las medidas necesarias para salvaguardar la Parque Nacional y Reserva Kawésqar Un nuevo informe elaborado conjuntamente por las comunidades Kawésqar por la Defensa del Mar y National Geographic y su iniciativa Pristine Seas publicado ...
National Geographic Pristine Seas thanks the MacArthur Foundation for the honor and opportunity to participate in the 100&Change competition.
The National Geographic Pristine Seas team will embark on an expedition to Uruguay to support the creation of new marine protected areas and employ exploration technology including deep sea cameras and pelagic cameras.
A ground-breaking scientific study from 26 international experts offering the most comprehensive assessment to date of where to ramp up strict ocean protection to increase seafood security, curb biodiversity loss, and provide a cost effective solution to climate change, as well ...
The National Geographic Pristine Seas team went on an expedition to the Patagonian Fjords earlier this year from late February through early March. Photo by Steve Spence, National Geographic Pristine Seas
The council of Ascension Island, a UK Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, recently announced its support for the designation of a giant marine reserve around Ascension Island. At 440,000 square kilometers, the new reserve will be by far the largest ...
Written by Enric Sala, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, founder of Pristine Seas, and Director of the Last Wild Places Initiative For the last ten years, the National Geographic Pristine Seasteam has traveled the world to explore, document and protect the last ...
On Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, the Argentine Congress passed a bill that established two new marine protected areas (MPAs). Yaganes, south of Tierra del Fuego, and Namuncurá-Burdwood Bank II, in the south Atlantic, encompass a combined 98,000 square kilometers of protected ocean, ...
As much as 54 percent of the high seas fishing industry would be unprofitable at its current scale without large government subsidies, according to a new study by researchers from the National Geographic Society; the University of California, Santa Barbara; Global ...
National Geographic will release new Planet or Plastic? content, including exclusive cut of singer-songwriter Jack Johnson’s documentary on ocean plastic; Q&A with actor Adrian Grenier; and tips for families on how to reduce reliance on single-use plastic ...
Alofe, Niue (Thursday, October 5, 2017)—The Government of Niue today announced the creation of a large-scale marine protected area (LSMPA) encompassing 40 percent of the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The LSMPA will include Niue, a remote island nation in the South ...
Malta—The Chilean government announced today at the Our Ocean conference the creation of two new fully protected marine reserves, one around the Juan Fernández Archipelago and another in the area of Cape Horn, covering more than 1 million square ...