Updates
Explore stories, activities and events with the latest updates from Edinburgh Ocean Leaders.
Hugo Tagholm: DRS disaster, dormice killings and surfing on sewage.
March 29, 2023
Listen as The ENDS Report team examine why Scotland may be heading towards a plastics disaster over its nascent deposit...
Imogen Napper: Protect Earth’s orbit: Avoid high seas mistakes
March 9, 2023
Authors: Imogen E. Napper, Alasdair J. Davies, Moriba Jah, Kimberley R. Miner, Richard C. Thompson, Melissa Quinn, and Heather J....
Harriet Harden-Davies: Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
March 1, 2023
Book chapter in Oceans and Society: An Introduction to Marine Studies Link to book chapter: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=16784403444586736209&btnI=1&hl=en
Edinburgh Ocean Leaders at IMPAC5
February 27, 2023
During the autumn of 2021 four Edinburgh Ocean Leaders (Yolanda Sanchez, Ileana Zanella, Bruno Monteferri and Adam Miller, along with EOL Codirector Meriwether Wilson)...
Introducing the 2023 Ocean Leaders
February 8, 2023
Introducing the eight ocean professionals named the 2023 Ocean Leaders. The leaders – from Portugal, South Africa, Bangladesh, Mauritius, Philippines,...
Stories from the field: 2022 Ocean Leaders in Cape Verde
February 7, 2023
At the end of October last year, the 2022 Ocean Leaders met in person for the first time as they...
Alifa Bintha Haque: Mitigating elasmobranch fin trade: A market analysis for made-to-measure interventions
December 15, 2022
Abstract: The unsustainable trade in elasmobranch products, particularly fins, contributes to the decline of elasmobranch populations worldwide. Designing and implementing...
The 2022 Field Mission: EOL head to Cape Verde
October 20, 2022
From 23rd October 2022, the 2022 cohort of Ocean Leaders will gather for a week in Cape Verde for the...
Diva Amon: Blue economy for a sustainable future
September 30, 2022
Abstract: Oceans are expected to become the next great economic frontier, with enormous potential for innovations and development across multiple...
UN Ocean Conference, Lisbon 2022: Edinburgh Ocean Leader Highlights
July 5, 2022
After a busy week of conference talks, interactive dialogues, meetings, voluntary commitments and impressive pledges to save the world’s ocean,...
Edinburgh Ocean Leaders at the UN Ocean Conference, 27th – 1st July 2022 Lisbon
June 23, 2022
The UN Ocean Conference 2022 will be held in Lisbon 27th June - 1st July 2022, co-hosted by the Governments...
It’s All About People: UN Ocean Conference Side Event
June 22, 2022
The 2022 UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, will take place on 27 June –...
Ocean Leader Harriet Harden-Davies leads initiative to amplify coastal community voices
June 16, 2022
The Ocean Voices programme, a scheme to better involve coastal communities in efforts to protect the world’s ocean is being...
At the innagural Blue Climate Summit
June 9, 2022
From the 14th to 20th May 2022 over 200 scientists, innovators, policymakers, business and financial experts, government representatives, community leaders,...
The 1st EOL Field Mission: A learning exchange with the Scottish Coastal Communities Network
May 10, 2022
In March 2022, Edinburgh Ocean Leaders (EOL) held the first field mission after two years of postponement due to covid-19.This...
Edinburgh Ocean Leaders Annual Meeting 2022
April 15, 2022
From 23rd to 26th March 2022, Edinburgh Ocean Leaders (EOL) held the first in person Annual Meeting. Following two years...
Ocean Leadership at Scale: Edinburgh Ocean Leaders Event at Monaco Ocean Week 2022
April 15, 2022
On the 22nd March 2022, Edinburgh Ocean Leaders (EOL) hosted an event at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco in the...
Edinburgh Ocean Leaders at Monaco Blue Initiative 2022
April 15, 2022
The Monaco Blue Initiative (MBI) is a unique platform that brings together major players in ocean conservation and governance in...


















