News tagged with: marine-conservation

Greater diversity enhances public interest in marine habitats

Research by scientists at Swansea University and the University of Plymouth has shown greater animal biodiversity can lead to heightened human interest in marine habitats
24 October 2018
Students offered chance to help protect ocean giants

The University of Plymouth is joining forces with the Ocean Giants Trust to offer five scholarships to students on its marine biology and conservation courses
27 June 2018
University receives Government funding to analyse impact of tyres and textiles on the marine environment

Scientists from the University of Plymouth's International Marine Litter Research Unit have received Government funding to analyse the impact of tyres and clothing on the marine environment
4 May 2018
Project helps to guard beaches against the scourge of plastic pollution

University of Plymouth Marine Biology student Emily Stevenson is hoping to use her organisation Beach Guardian to clean up Cornwall's beaches and educate people about the threat of marine litter
26 April 2018
Boosting livelihoods and conservation practices among small-scale fishermen

Research by the Blue Marine Foundation and the University of Plymouth Marine Institute, funded through a donation from Superdry co-founder Julian Dunkerton, aims to improve the conservation of fish and the incomes of fishermen in UK coastal waters
19 April 2018
Marine litter student awarded scholarship from Sky Ocean Rescue and National Geographic

University of Plymouth PhD student Imogen Napper has been awarded a scholarship by Sky Ocean Rescue and National Geographic to investigate the most effective ways to prevent microplastics being released into the environment when washing clothes
16 April 2018
Student to swap labs for life on the ocean waves to gain greater understanding of microplastic pollution

University of Plymouth news: Imogen Napper, a PhD researcher at the University of Plymouth, is one of 24 women signed up to participate in eXXpedition North Pacific 2018, which will start in Hawaii on June 23 and finish in Seattle around five weeks later
26 March 2018
University scientists contribute to government’s Future of the Sea report

Professor Richard Thompson and Professor Tom Hutchinson, from the University of Plymouth, contributed to the Foresight Future of the Sea report, published by the Government Office for Science
22 March 2018
Marine policy expert addresses Parliamentary meeting on post-BREXIT fishing landscape

University marine policy expert Dr Abigal McQuatters-Gollop addresses a Parliamentary briefing on the opportunities and challenges of UK fishing in a post-Brexit world
22 February 2018
University research informs the government’s ambitious plan for conservation

University research at the Marine Protected Area of Lyme Bay has helped to inform Defra's new 25-year conservation plan
14 February 2018
University signs up to support United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The University of Plymouth has signed a voluntary commitment to use its world-leading research and teaching to support the implementation of one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
9 June 2017
Marine students quiz government minister

Government Minister George Eustice MP has answered questions on the European Union’s fisheries policies and other marine conservation issues during an event at Plymouth University
19 February 2015