By Ron Naveen | President/Founder, Oceanites, Inc.
It has been a very successful year championing science-based conservation and increased awareness of climate change and its potential impacts through the lens of penguins and Antarctica. Our work continues to influence Antarctic Treaty decision-making and we’ve expanded our public outreach about climate change and adaptation.
On a very positive note, we celebrate the 25th anniversary field season of our Antarctic Site Inventory and the increased visibility and use of our Antarctic continent-wide penguin database known as MAPPPD (Mapping Application for Penguin Populations and Projected Dynamics).
Oceanites remains the only non-governmental science project working in Antarctica and the only project monitoring and analyzing change across the vastly warmed Antarctic Peninsula.
On the penguin conservation front, Oceanites published our second State of Antarctic Penguins report and continue to assist the krill fishers’ voluntary effort to establish a no-fishing buffer zone around penguin colonies. As well, our MAPPPD database has moved ‘center stage’ as plans for a possible Antarctic Peninsula marine protected area are being discussed.
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By Louis Naiman | Advisory Board Member
By Louis Naiman | Advisory Board Member
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