Ian Urbina
Founder at The Outlaw Ocean Project
I run a journalism non-profit called The Outlaw Ocean Project, which produces stories for venues globally about environmental and human rights abuses at sea.
Articles
-
3 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Ian Urbina
For centuries, humanity has viewed the ocean as a metaphor for infinity. The assumption was – and frankly still is for many people – that the enormity of the sea comes with a limitless ability to absorb and metabolise all. This vastness is what lends the ocean deity-like potential. And more dangerously, it is what has given humans the license to dump virtually anything offshore.
-
2 months ago |
thejournal.ie | Ian Urbina |Maya Martin |Joe Galvin |Susan Narelle Ryan
THE MOST IMPORTANT place on earth that virtually no one has ever heard of is called the Saya de Malha Bank. Among the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks, this high-seas patch of ocean covers an area the size of Switzerland. More than 320 km from land, the submerged bank is situated in the Indian Ocean between Mauritius and Seychelles.
-
2 months ago |
clarin.com | Ian Urbina
El comportamiento ilegal o no regulado de esta flota fue bien documentado, pero al menos 30 de ellos llegaron al Banco Saya de Malha después de huir de los operativos de control de violaciones pesqueras en Indonesia y Papúa Nueva Guinea, según un informe de Greenpeace. Al menos 24 de los barcos habían cometido violaciones pesqueras, la mayoría debido a la falta de licencias válidas para los equipos de pesca.
-
2 months ago |
maritime-executive.com | Ian Urbina
Vast and sometimes brutal, the high seas are also a place of aspiration, reinvention and an escape from rules. This is why the oceans have long been a magnet for libertarians hoping to flee governments, taxes and other people by creating their own sovereign micronations in international waters. The Saya de Malha Bank has been especially attractive for such ambitions.
-
2 months ago |
clarin.com | Ian Urbina
Durante la última década, la industria minera ha argumentado que el fondo oceánico es una frontera esencial para los metales preciosos necesarios en las baterías utilizadas en celulares y computadoras portátiles.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 21K
- Tweets
- 9K
- DMs Open
- Yes