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PLANET 2023
States to develop jurisdictional programs to
stop deforestation. This included working with
multiple law firms and academics to
understand how States can access carbon
finance for their actions to reduce
deforestation. It also included capacity building
for Amazon States to understand how to
implement such programs.
HUB OCEAN PARTNERSHIP
Mercuria and HUB Ocean have had an
important strategic partnership since May of
2021. HUB Ocean is based in Oslo, Norway and
is a non-profit, technological foundation that is
dedicated to unlocking and sharing ocean data.
It is the first thematic Centre dedicated to the
ocean.
HUB Ocean’s core product, the Ocean Data
Platform (ODP), allows aggregation of
unprecedented volumes of diverse ocean data
sets. ODP itself is a global, open-source and
integrated digital data ecosystem providing
new and faster insight for the ocean we need
and want.
This partnership brings many synergies by
combining Mercuria’s expertise in the global
maritime industry with HUB Ocean’s expertise
as an international provider of market-leading
ocean and maritime technological solutions.
For example, experts from Hub Ocean and
Mercuria participated together in the Summit
of the Villars Institute, a Swiss foundation that
aims to accelerate the transition to a Net Zero
and Nature Positive economy through
intergenerational collaboration and systems
leadership.
In 2023, Minerva Bunkering sponsored Citizen
Sea, a HUB Ocean app that seafarers and other
users can use to upload photos of images of
the ocean, along with geographic location data,
and share it with researchers and scientists
through the ODP. This provides access of realtime, remote data to researchers and scientists
to map wildlife populations and identify
migration patterns, as well as study the effects
of marine waste on ecosystems. For NGOs, it
can help them raise awareness about
endangered marine wildlife and high-waste
areas. Citizen Sea is already available on Apple
Store and Google Play.
To change the fate of the ocean, we need to
harness the power of Citizen Sea. Achieving
ocean health is a massive collaborative effort
that will require giving ocean citizens a greater
say.
Read more about HUB Ocean in their Partner
Profile.
