Media Coverage | Apr 1, 2025
Media Coverage Roundup Q1 2025
- Mar 31. Paris hosts SOS Ocean summit as seas face unprecedented threats. FRANCE24
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Posts in category Media Coverage (21)
Media Coverage | Jan 3, 2025
Media Coverage Roundup Q3 & Q4 2024
- Dec 2. Dr. William Cheung is approaching ocean conservation through collective action. The Ubyssey.
Media Coverage | Dec 3, 2024
The Ubyssey: William Cheung is confronting the inequities of ocean conservation through collective action
Solving-FCB’s Principal Investigator Dr. William Cheung is the focus of an article by The Ubyssey. The article details Dr Cheung’s career, achievements, and current work, including Solving the Sustainability Challenges at the Food-Climate-Biodiversity Nexus.
Media Coverage | Jul 1, 2024
Media Coverage Roundup Q2 2024
- June 19. Basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction, study finds. Stockholm Resilience Centre.
Media Coverage | Jun 21, 2024
Basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction - Media Summary
What if if the path to a more prosperous and sustainable future involved providing financial support to everyone? To some this may initially sound provocative, but this idea lies at the heart of recent research that has sparked conversations among economists and environmentalists worldwide. The study, led by Solving-FCB’s Dr. Rashid Sumaila (other contributors from the Solving-FCB Partnership include Dr. Colette Wabnitz, Dr. Louise Teh, Dr. Lydia Teh, Solving-FCB PI Dr. William Cheung, and Dr.…
Media Coverage | Apr 2, 2024
Media Coverage Roundup Q1 2024
- March 25. Dr Rashid Sumaila, leading interdisciplinary economist, joins IUCN. IUCN News.
Awards | Feb 2, 2024
William Cheung receives the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from L'Institut Agro
The following news item is a selectively-edited translation of this article by L’Institut Agro. If there are any issues with the translation, please contact d.burnside@oceans.ubc.ca.
Media Coverage | Jan 3, 2024
Rashid Sumaila named one of the most influential Africans in 2023
! Solving-FCB co-director Dr. Rashid Sumaila has been named one of the most influential Africans in 2023 by the premier magazine New African. This comes after an award-heavy year including winning the Tyler Prize alongside Dr. Daniel Pauly and the Prince Albert I Medal.
Media Coverage | Jan 2, 2024
Media Coverage Roundup Q4 2023
- Dec 16. The COP28 Climate Change Conference included “breaking away from fossil fuels” for the first time in the conclusion of the conference. TVBS Wen Qian’s World Weekly. (William Cheung @ 11.42)
Media Coverage | Oct 2, 2023
Media Coverage Roundup Q3 2023
- Sep 29. UBC researcher awarded the prestigious Prince Albert I medal from the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco. UBC Oceans.
Media Coverage | Jul 3, 2023
Media Coverage Roundup Q2 2023
- Jun 26. Aquatic foods around the world face severe risks from environmental change, finds new research. Stockholm Resilience Centre.
Media Coverage | Apr 2, 2023
Media Coverage Roundup Q1 2023
- Mar 30. UBC Researchers Receive International Honours. UBC Letter from the President: Spring 2023.
Awards | Jan 31, 2023
Dr. Rashid Sumaila named as 2022 AAAS Fellow
This article was originally posted at oceans.ubc.ca. Click here to view.
Media Coverage | Dec 1, 2022
Media Coverage Roundup - November & December 2022
- Nov 29. Aquaculture is not the solution to overfishing. Geomar.de.
Media Coverage | Nov 15, 2022
UBC Knowledge Exchange Spotlight - Collaboration, the key to fighting climate change
Article originally posted at kx.ubc.ca/news.
Media Coverage | Nov 1, 2022
Media Coverage Roundup - October 2022
- Oct 26. Unwreck the Beach: Researchers sound alarm as climate crisis hits global fish stocks. Ubyssey.
Media Coverage | Oct 1, 2022
Media Coverage Roundup - September 2022
- Sep 26. Globe Climate: Why getting women and girls in the fishing boat is good for the environment. Globe and Mail. - Sep 11. Ocean fish stocks in danger without climate change action, say B.C. researchers. Tricity News. - Sep 1. Global fish stocks can’t rebuild if nothing done to halt climate change and overfishing. Science Daily. - Sep 1. Without strong action, global fish stocks could collapse. Earth.com.
Media Coverage | Sep 2, 2022
Media Coverage Roundup - August 2022
- Aug 31. EU needs to act on the science to preserve oceans. EU Observer. - Aug 18. Rashid Sumaila, experto internacional en pesca, en Puerto de Ideas Biobío: “Sin peces no habrá pesqueras”. El Mostrador. - Aug 18. Rashid Sumaila, experto internacional en pesca, en Puerto de Ideas Biobío: “Sin peces no habrá pesqueras”. Fundacion Terram. - Aug 18. Rashid Sumaila, experto internacional en pesca, en Puerto de Ideas Biobío: “Sin peces no habrá pesqueras” Chile Es Noticia! - Aug 9. B.C. ocean’s worth of almost $5 billion to GDP likely an underestimate.…
Media Coverage | Aug 1, 2022
Media Coverage Roundup - July 2022
- July 25. EQUALSEA work session in Vigo. EqualSea. - July 16. La primera versión de Puerto de Ideas Biobío pondrá su foco en la naturaleza. El Mercurio. - July 05. The cod delusion. Canadian Geographic. - July 01. It’s Taken More than 20 Years and Is Full of Holes, but a New International Agreement Targets Fishing Subsidies. Hakai Magazine.
Media Coverage | Jul 1, 2022
Media Coverage Roundup - June 2022
- June 29. Breakfast Briefing: Fisheries Management as Climate Action. Our Fish – UN Ocean Conference 2022 - June 29. Ressources halieutiques : l’océan toujours plus surexploité. Le Monde. - June 28. Aquaculture drives aquatic food yields to new high. France24. - June 28. Oceans Saved Us, Now We Can Return the Favour. News18. - June 26. Science Symposium: Fisheries Management is Climate Action. Our Fish – UN Ocean Conference 2022 - June 26. Aquaculture is driving aquatic food yields to new highs – AFR. topwirenews.com - June 26. “It’s scary”.…
Media Coverage | Jun 1, 2022
Media Coverage Roundup - May 2022
- May 24. The future of fishing and fish — and the health of the ocean — hinges on economics and the idea of ‘infinity fish’. The Conversation. - May 13. How PPE litter is making the plastic pollution in oceans even worse. Global News. - May 11. Equivalent of 94 masks per person tossed into Metro Vancouver trash in 2021. Vancouver Sun. - May 09. Millions of tonnes of dead animals: the growing scandal of fish waste. The Guardian. - May 04. Canada’s largest EVER private conservation project. Canadian Geographic. - May 02.…