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Veta Wade

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🐠 Founder of @fishnfinskids 🎏 Speaker 🗺 Darwin Fellow 2022-2024 @mcsuk 🦈 MSc Marine Verts '23 @exetermarine 📸 PI: Montserrat Marine Megafauna

 Montserrat
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#Throwback In 2020 I wrote a paper imagining a framework for more equitable collaboration in the Caribbean Blue Economy. If you haven't read it yet check it out here 👉🏽 bit.ly/40gSJiO
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Check out my latest article: 🙏🏽🚨Although Montserrat was not affected by Hurricane Beryl, this is why this situation matters to us all🙏🏽🚨 linkedin.com/pulse/although-… via @LinkedIn
🙏🏽🚨Although Montserrat was not affected by Hurricane Beryl, this is why this situation matters...

🙏🏽🚨Although Montserrat was not affected by Hurricane Beryl, this is why this situation matters...

1. #HurricaneBeryl, the first major hurricane to hit the Grenadines between Granada and St Lucia since 1851, when Hurdat historical data began, and the earliest Cat 5 to affect the Caribbean.

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This is terrific - making science accessible!
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The amazing Community Voices Method, shared by @AmdeepMCS
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Image from Marianne Teoh (@marianne_teoh)
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Let's usher in a new era of sustainable + immersive tourism, diversify product offerings, attract new investments, and protect the environment. Explore the future of C/bean tourism through ocean conservation + community engagement with me :) linkedin.com/pulse/smarter-t… via @LinkedIn
Smarter Tourism : Sun, Sea, Sand and Science

Smarter Tourism : Sun, Sea, Sand and Science

Check out this YouTube video 🌞🌊🏖️of my talk at a 2022 New England Aquarium Lecture Series event; I take you on a journey to explore the future of tourism in the Caribbean. Since 2013, I have been...

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Check out my latest article: 5 Ways to Ignite Change in Conservation Funding and Leadership linkedin.com/pulse/5-ways-ig… via @LinkedIn
5 Ways to Ignite Change in Conservation Funding and Leadership

5 Ways to Ignite Change in Conservation Funding and Leadership

1. Connecting Conservation Funders and Government Leaders to Real Grassroots Initiatives Imagine a tour company that brings conservation funders and government leaders together with real grassroots...

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Check out my latest article: 🌊 Ocean literacy is more than understanding Marine value it's about valuing people 🧪🚫 linkedin.com/pulse/ocean-lit… via @LinkedIn
🌊 Ocean literacy is more than understanding Marine value it's about valuing people 🧪🚫

🌊 Ocean literacy is more than understanding Marine value it's about valuing people 🧪🚫

While scientific research plays a crucial role in understanding and conserving our oceans, it's important to be cautious where there is low ocean literacy. Here are a few points to consider: 1️⃣...

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I use systems thinking, co-design, and futures thinking to inspire progressive and radical new concepts. #SystemsThinking #CoDesign #FuturesThinking #ActionDesign”
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The @ashadevos et al. paper many of us have been looking forward to: "Towards Equity and Justice in Ocean Sciences" #OpenAccess nature.com/articles/s44183-0…
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We’ve started the New Year with showers of blessings! I wish you good health, happiness, and an ocean of adventures. With love from Montserrat🌋🎉🥳
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Looking forward to using new tech and tools to create more stories of Montserrat’s underwater world. Connecting people to how the Sharks of Montserrat live. Making the invisible, visible 🎊
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Montserrat Masquerades 🌋 #SalemDay2023
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While we were playing in the backyard, this iconic #superyatch - #MalteseFalcon - sailed by on a slow cruise. She made the most beautiful background. #artwork #photooftheday
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🗨️ “The geographic scope of this treaty is enormous—areas beyond national jurisdiction make up 2/3 of the ocean,” explains our @HighSeasPolicy. What the #HighSeas treaty means for our ocean—and what still must be done: pew.org/472VMNG 📸 Seb c'est bien/Shutterstock
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How Mama Octopus and her female fishing crew make waves saving #Kenya’s reefs #oceanoptimism theguardian.com/global-devel…
How Mama Octopus and her female fishing crew make waves saving Kenya’s reefs

How Mama Octopus and her female fishing crew make waves saving Kenya’s reefs

Amina leads a team of fisherwomen challenging the status quo as they build a future for their families and help restore marine life

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Ocean-defending small-scale fishers in South Africa say NO to seismic surveys #oceandefenders #environmentaldefenders #marsocsci @OneOceanHub @toobigtoignore @Taryn_pereira @ChiodelaLama @SREnvironment Read more here: oceandefendersproject.org/ca…
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Here are 4 simple areas where we can focus our efforts toward a nature-based economy 💙🍃 1. Embrace and Invest in Our Culture. 2. Modernize the Fisheries Sector. 3. Add Value to Tourism. 4. Create policy space for innovation. vetawade.com/post/rewilding-…
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As MPAs increase in coverage across the globe, future-based approaches to planning may help mitigate potential negative outcomes and support #SocialEquity Check out this interview with lead author @danaseatrek on the importance of exploring futures thinking in MPA design.
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Did you know 80% of our oceans are unexplored? Check out this paper from Alliance Lead Scientist @RandiRotjan that addresses issues of limited resources and the need to determine priority areas for future #OceanExploration in the face of climate change frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
Frontiers | Mind the gap: comparing exploration effort with global biodiversity patterns and...

Frontiers | Mind the gap: comparing exploration effort with global biodiversity patterns and...

The oceans contain 1,335 million km 3 of water covering 361.9 million km 2 of seafloor across 71% of the planet. In the past few decades, there has been subs...

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Thank you to everyone who already bid and successfully secured their ocean-inspired crafts! Remaining items from our Ocean Arts Auction are still available until 12/21. Get your ocean-inspired craft while you can, including cups sent to the deep seafloor! tinyurl.com/ODL-ArtAuction-E…
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Image from Ocean Discovery League (@OceanDiscLeague)
Image from Ocean Discovery League (@OceanDiscLeague)
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FISH 'N FINS #oceanliteracy survey 2018. Tears nearly came to my eyes when some students responded, that I am the only black woman they know who swims, snorkels or works to protect our Ocean! 😭🎏... the early trend in the results show #FishnFins is changing this big style ! ❤️
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