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Season 3 – Episode 1: Towards a sustainable ocean economy: A pipedream or a real opportunity for transformation?
Welcome to the 1st episode of the 3rd season of Ocean InSight!

Episode 15 (French): Solutions basées sur les connaissances pour favoriser une économie bleue durable en Afrique de l'Ouest (copy 1)
Bienvenue dans le quinzième épisode de la série 2 du podcast OceanInsight.

Bonus Episode: Early Career Ocean Professionals: What ocean science for sustainable development?
To mark World Oceans Day 2023, this special episode of the MeerWissen podcast looks at how…

Co-designing partnerships for coastal protection in Tunisia
The MeerWissen project ORIENTATE pursues strong partnerships with stakeholders and…
Co-design paper published in the first issue of the WIO science to policy platform series
An insightful discussion paper “Co-design as the basis for collaboration and science to…

New MeerWissen project selected to strengthen marine Nature-based Solutions in Africa
The MeerWissen Initiative – African-German Partners for Ocean Knowledge and the United…

Episode 14: A new global biodiversity framework: What place for the ocean?
Welcome to the 14th episode of season 2 of the OceanInsight podcast.

Co-designing marine research – Insights into our Special Session at the WIOMSA Symposium 2022
How can marine science be transformed through co-design?

Episode 13: Marine spatial planning and the 30 x 30 goal
Welcome to the 13th episode of season 2 of the OceanInsight podcast.

Our site Science4Ocean with new stories and new design
Take a look at the highlights from the MeerWissen Initiative.

Three new MeerWissen projects selected to strengthen marine Nature-based Solutions in Africa
The MeerWissen Initiative – African-German Partners for Ocean Knowledge and the United…

MeerWissen at the WIOMSA Symposium 2022
Come join us at our special session on co-design or meet us in the exhibition hall.

Episode 12: Blue Nature-bases Solutions in the Western Indian Ocean region
Welcome to the 12th episode of season 2 of the OceanInsight podcast.

Episode 11: Ocean Governance and Integrated Ocean Management in the WIO region
Welcome to the 11th episode of our Ocean InSight podcast.

New Publication: Lessons from bright spots for advancing knowledge exchange at the interface of marine science and policy
One of the main pillars of the MeerWissen initiative is stimulating dialogue and the…

MeerWissen Co-Design approach showcased at UN Ocean Decade Forum
As part of the UN Ocean Conference 2022, the UN Ocean Decade hosted its Ocean Decade Forum…

MeerWissen Network Event on the island of Zanzibar
The first ever MeerWissen Network Event took place from 8 to 11 June 2022 on the island of…

Episode 10: Two Perspectives on Scientific Data for Decision Making
Welcome back to the tenth season of our Ocean InSight podcast.

PhD Thesis published: Ecological Infrastructure in Systematic Conservation Planning
What role does the Ecological Infrastructure (EI) concept play in systematic conservation…

Understanding Marine Ecosystems in Namibia
What goods are Namibian people harvesting from the ocean, and how is this benefitting them…

Advancing the assessment of the biodiversity of eels in Tanzania
The BIOEELS project has achieved some remarkable progress in the past few months.

The MeerWissen Initiative: Best of 2021
Our five MeerWissen highlights from 2021.

Episode 9: From Data to Decision – Bridging the Science-Policy interface
Welcome to the ninth episode of the Ocean InSight podcast.

Episode 8: The UN Ocean Decade in a nutshell – an insider’s account
Welcome to the eighth episode of the Ocean InSight podcast.