The Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative: Uniting experts to inform policy for our global ocean.
https://www.dosi-project.org/
Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative
The intervention calls for alignment of activities across conventions (UNCLOS, CBD, BBNJ and human rights treaties), as well as across global assessments (IPCC, IPBES, WOA), exercising the precautionary principle, considering diverse research in decision making, and financing ocean-based solutions.
📣 Upcoming webinar: The Atlantic's Deep Secrets on the Map
📆 23 June 2026
DOSI and Challenger 150 invite you to a webinar sharing three projects and importantly, to hear your perspective on whether, and how, they can support your work.
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New research by Song et al. reveals diverse hard-substrate communities living at depths of 9,000–10,898 m in the Kermadec & Mariana Trenches. Many species are new to science.
Read it here: buff.ly/VM61QMV
🌊 New research shows seamounts & oceanic ridges may act as key biodiversity “stepping stones” in the Southeast Pacific.
Flores et al. tracked larval dispersal of the deep-sea jagged lobster Projasus bahamondei and found strong connectivity across oceanic habitats.
Read the paper: buff.ly/WApXUpc
📣 Happening today at 15:00 – 16:30PM EDT (UTC-4)!
COBRA webinar: Ecology of mesopelagic micronekton in a deep-sea mining site with Victoria Assad
🗓️ 2 June 2026
Sign-up here: buff.ly/ah1n1QM
