Ocean Networks Canada

Nature-Deployed Environmental Credit Generating Companies Announce Reykjavik Protocol, Addressing Risks in Carbon Markets

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

This first-of-its-kind set of principles, known as the Reykjavik Protocol , provides a framework for nature-deployed environmental credit suppliers across the industry that is intended to evolve with the market.

Key Points: 
  • This first-of-its-kind set of principles, known as the Reykjavik Protocol , provides a framework for nature-deployed environmental credit suppliers across the industry that is intended to evolve with the market.
  • This summit was the first time nature-deployed environmental credit suppliers, who are primarily operating in the carbon removal space, have convened to specifically address the structural risks that represent barriers to scale for the industry.
  • Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) plays a pivotal role in addressing the urgent global challenge of climate change.
  • The founding signatories invite interested parties engaged in the environmental credit space - suppliers and non-suppliers alike - to sign onto the Protocol.

Ocean Week Canada 2023, June 2-11: a festival of ocean celebration with over 160 events taking place across the country

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

Ocean Week Canada is taking place nationwide June 2 - 11, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Ocean Week Canada is taking place nationwide June 2 - 11, 2023.
  • Now in its second year, Ocean Week Canada brings together local, regional, and national ocean and freshwater-themed events.
  • The festival is part of a multi-sector effort to ensure Canada protects 30% of its ocean area by 2030.
  • Ocean Week Canada is an important nationwide celebration that helps us to recognize and celebrate the connection we all share to the ocean.

The Government of Canada invests in world-class ocean monitoring system to enhance Canada's ocean protection for the next generation

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Monday, February 6, 2023

Funded through Canada's Oceans Protection Plan, this research helps to provide real-time, open data to better understand our changing oceans.

Key Points: 
  • Funded through Canada's Oceans Protection Plan, this research helps to provide real-time, open data to better understand our changing oceans.
  • Ocean Networks Canada supports a network of deep sea and coastal ocean observatories that collect data to monitor ocean changes, including climate impacts and underwater noise on all three coasts.
  • Ocean science and monitoring is a smart investment when it comes to ocean protection."
  • Since 2016, the Government of Canada has dedicated $3.5 billion to the Oceans Protection Plan, making it the largest investment Canada has ever made to protect its coasts and waterways.

Oceana Canada Applauds Major Step to Protect B.C. Seamounts

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

OTTAWA, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Traditional, Unceded Territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People - February 7, 2023 – Oceana Canada is celebrating the commitment by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to publish draft regulations to protect a 133,019-km2 area off the West Coast of Vancouver Island, home of hydrothermal vents and 93 per cent of Canada’s known underwater mountains, called seamounts. The proposed regulations come after years of hard work by Indigenous Peoples, stakeholders, government agencies and conservation groups to protect the area, four times the size of Vancouver Island, as it is set to become the newest and second largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Canada.

Key Points: 
  • In July 2018, Oceana Canada partnered with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Haida Nation, and Ocean Networks Canada to explore the seamounts and identify marine species.
  • “The stunning diversity and abundance of life on the seamounts leave no room for hesitation about protecting them,” said Dr. Robert Rangeley, Science Director, Oceana Canada.
  • Oceana Canada has successfully campaigned to end the shark fin trade, make rebuilding depleted fish populations the law, improve the way fisheries are managed and protect marine habitat.
  • By restoring Canada’s oceans, we can strengthen our communities, reap greater economic and nutritional benefits and protect our future.

Canada’s leading national research facilities receive significant investments to drive research and innovation

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Friday, August 19, 2022

Using lasers to investigate matter, ALLS enables leading-edge research in areas such as biology, medicine, chemistry, physics and telecommunications.

Key Points: 
  • Using lasers to investigate matter, ALLS enables leading-edge research in areas such as biology, medicine, chemistry, physics and telecommunications.
  • Through this investment, were supporting our world-class research facilities that drive innovation and the researchers who are making important discoveries across the country.
  • In addition to supporting the ongoing operation and maintenance needs of research facilities of national importance, the MSI Fund ensures that these facilities use appropriate management and governance policies and practices.
  • Since 1997, the Canada Foundation for Innovation has made financial contributions to Canadas universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research organizations to increase their capability to carry out high-quality research.

Ocean Week Canada starts Friday, kicking off a national summer celebration of ocean engagement and marine conservation

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

This national celebration of ocean events, learning, and engagement will be held annually during the week of World Ocean Day (June 8) throughout the United Nations Ocean Decade (2021-2030).

Key Points: 
  • This national celebration of ocean events, learning, and engagement will be held annually during the week of World Ocean Day (June 8) throughout the United Nations Ocean Decade (2021-2030).
  • Ocean Week Canada starts Friday, kicking off a national summer celebration of ocean engagement and marine conservation.
  • Ocean Week Canada 2022 and the summer-long 'Ocean Festival' will be an exciting way for all Canadians to engage with the ocean.
  • Ocean Week Canada and the Ocean Festival also bring together over 75 event partners from across the country.

Government of Canada invests in ocean observation science to help protect Canada's oceans

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, announced $8.7 million in funding to Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of the University of Victoria, to support their ocean research and observation activities.

Key Points: 
  • Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, announced $8.7 million in funding to Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of the University of Victoria, to support their ocean research and observation activities.
  • This funding builds on the Government of Canada's investment made through the Canada Foundation for Innovation and helps to ensure Canada remains an ocean science leader by continuing to provide ocean observation data in real-time to a network of researchers around the world.
  • Ocean observation data play a key role in enhancing the ocean economy and help us understand how economic practices impact the environment.
  • "Ocean Networks Canada is committed to growing Canada's leadership in the sustainable blue economy through our world-leading innovation in ocean monitoring technology.