Ocean Literacy and Surfing: Understanding How Interactions in Coastal Ecosystems Inform Blue Space User's Awareness of the Ocean. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Intergovernmental policy is targeting public ocean literacy to help achieve the societal changes needed to reach a sustainable ocean agenda within a 10-year timeframe.
Fox N, Marshall J, Dankel DJ.
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Ocean literacies: the promise of regional approaches integrating ocean histories and psychologies [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The current concept of ocean literacy reflects a prerequisite for achieving ocean sustainability. Existing ocean literacy reflects a fundamentally western view of oceans that works in tension with ocean literacy goals.
Kathleen Schwerdtner Manez +2 more
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Connecting to the oceans: supporting ocean literacy and public engagement. [PDF]
Rev Fish Biol Fish, 2022 Improved public understanding of the ocean and the importance of sustainable ocean use, or ocean literacy, is essential for achieving global commitments to sustainable development by 2030 and beyond. However, growing human populations (particularly in mega-cities), urbanisation and socio-economic disparity threaten opportunities for people to engage ...
Kelly R +23 more
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A Blueprint for Ocean Literacy: EU4Ocean [PDF]
Sustainability, 2022 In this paper, we discuss the importance of the efficient communication of science results to citizens across the world. In order for people to absorb information, we need to understand the principles and apply the best available means to facilitate the ...
García-Soto, C. (Carlos) +2 more
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OPINION PIECE Making ocean literacy inclusive and accessible [PDF]
Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 2021 Engagement in marine science has historically been the privilege of a small number of people with access to higher education, specialised equipment and research funding. Such constraints have often limited public engagement and may have slowed the uptake
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Mediterranean Sea Literacy: When Ocean Literacy becomes region-specific [PDF]
Mediterranean Marine Science, 2020 Ocean Literacy (OL) has been defined as an understanding of the ocean’s influence on people and their influence on the ocean. The OL movement was born in the US and its framework consisted of seven essential principles and 45 fundamental concepts; it is ...
BOUBONARI, THEODORA +14 more
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Enhancing Ocean Literacy Using Real-Time Data [PDF]
Oceanography, 2009 Ocean literacy is the understanding of our relationship with the ocean and the crucial services that the ocean provides to society and other living organisms (Cava et al., 2005).
Lisa G. Adams, George Matsumoto
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Impact of the citizen science project COLLECT on ocean literacy and well-being within a north/west African and south-east Asian context [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Plastic pollution is both a societal and environmental problem and citizen science has shown to be a useful tool to engage both the public and professionals in addressing it. However, knowledge on the educational and behavioral impacts of citizen science
Marine I. Severin +28 more
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Stepping Out of the Ivory Tower for Ocean Literacy [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 The Ocean Literacy movement is predominantly driven forward by scientists and educators working in subject areas associated with ocean science. While some in the scientific community have heeded the responsibility to communicate with the general public ...
Kathrin Kopke, Jeffrey Black, Amy Dozier
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Students and the Sea: Ocean Literacy in Tanjungpinang, Indonesia [PDF]
Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA, 2021 Low levels of 'ocean literacy' has been identified in many countries and can be a barrier for citizens to engage in environmentally responsible behavior even though improving public awareness about the ocean can benefit society and the environment.
Hindrasti, Nur Eka Kusuma
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