News Blogs 2026
The latest World Ocean Review ‘Marine Biodiversity - Vital Essence of Our Oceans’ summarizes the current state of knowledge about marine biodiversity. WOR 9 is the ideal starting point for anyone keen to understand marine life.
IOI Alumni from Bangladesh, Colombia, Chile, India (Odisha), Lebanon, Liberia, Mozambique, The Gambia, and the Upper Adriatic region have joined the IOI Ocean Academy and will be delivering modules in their local languages. Explore the upcoming courses and register today to follow one of the free 20hr ocean literacy modules offered by this expanding global learning community.
News from the IOI Ocean Academy Network: Vinitaa Apte visited IOI HQ and IOI Ocean Academy Kenya successfully delivers an Online Ocean Literacy Course in Kiswahili on gender and social inclusion on ocean conservation and coastal resource management
The Ocean Yearbook co-editors are seeking manuscripts for Ocean Yearbook Volume 41, to be published in June 2027 by Brill Nijhoff Publishers.
The International Ocean Institute of Southern Africa and AfriSeas Solutions hosted a one-day participatory roundtable and role-play workshop on the 21st of January 2026
IOI Chile Centre ended the academic year 2025 with an open workshop and a masterclass by special guest Dr Maria Teresa Infante.
A long-awaited milestone for the global Ocean, the BBNJ Treaty was formally adopted on 17 January, the International Ocean Institute welcomes its entry into force as the culmination of decades of collective effort to strengthen the governance of the Ocean beyond national jurisdiction.
Registrations are now open for the free IOI Ocean Academy online Ocean Literacy modules to be delivered in Georgian, Wolof, Ewe, Urdu, Portuguese, Spanish, Bangla and English