We have just received fantastic news: our project has been officially endorsed as a contribution to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development!

The One Ocean Science Congress begins this week as a precursor to the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France. We will present our Citizen Science project with one of 600 posters to 2,000 scientists from all over the world.

The Foundation, together with Step. and GO!, Terra Scientifica, Objectif Sciences International and the Forum de Genève, is organising the hackathon, which will give over 50 participants the chance to develop innovative solutions for the protection and sustainable management of the ocean.

From 4 June, our team will be in Nice to present our citizen science and marine education projects in La Baleine, at the Université Côte d'Azur and on board the METEOR and the Malizia Explorer in the port of Nice.

If you are working on a marine conservation project, apply now and become part of the global movement to protect the ocean! Submit your marine conservation project and be one of the nominees. The winning team will receive prize money of 20,000 euros to advance their project.

To mark the UN Ocean Conference, the German Association for the United Nations, the German Ocean Foundation, the embassies of France and Costa Rica, Bread for the World and Fair Oceans are hosting an event on the protection and sustainable use of the world's ocean on May 27 at 5 pm.

In this inaugural Ocean Decade Dialogue we are focussing on the first challenge of the UN Decade for Ocean Science - to understand and map land and sea-based sources of pollutants and contaminants and their potential impacts on human health and ocean ecosystems and develop solutions to remove or mitigate them - here with a particular spotlight on the Baltic Sea, the HELCOM action plan for the Baltic Sea and the work of SeaTerra GmbH in the field of explosive ordnance clearance and disposal. Online on Thursday, 15 May at 5 pm.

Around 400 delegates are meeting today for Germany’s first National Ocean Conference, which was opened by the current Environment Minister Steffi Lemke with the attendance of politicians, administrators, scientists and a number of selected non-governmental organisations.

An event as part of the German Maritime Day on May 8, 2025 at the Stiftung Seefahrtsdank 

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As part of the project "Initiative Network for Companies for the Common Good" funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and the European Union (ESF Plus), we are building a platform that offers exchange, visibility and concrete support for companies with a common good orientation - with a special focus on the maritime sector and water sports.

Application phase for "STEM-friendly schools" and "Digital schools" 2025 launched - Creating a STEM future!

The German Ocean Foundation is calling on all ocean heroes to take part in our media campaign - we want to highlight the great work being done around the world for our ocean. If you are involved in a project to protect, restore or clean up the ocean or raise awareness for the ocean - either with the support of an organization or on your own - then we want to hear from you!

The German Ocean Foundation brings the ocean into the planetarium - offering a new perspective on the smallest but greatest secrets of our world. In an innovative pilot project, impressive images of microorganisms were put together during two workshops in Niendorf on the Baltic Sea using high-resolution cameras and state-of-the-art microscopes - in close collaboration with the team of experts from ZEISS.

The Ocean Science Multimedia Exhibition of the German Ocean Foundation offers a place of learning for all students from the 5th grade onwards who are interested in the UN Ocean Decade and the challenges facing our ocean today.

Immerse yourself in the world of the ocean and let yourself be carried away by amazing stories and breathtaking footage. This month, the International OCEAN FILM TOUR will stop in Düsseldorf (April 5) and Berlin (April 6) - and we, the German Ocean Foundation, will be live on stage!

Frank, in his role as a member of the EU Mission Board to Restore Our Oceans and Waters, will present his policy ideas in an online webinar on the occasion of World Water Day, 'The Hydrosphere in Focus: Safeguarding Water for a Sustainable Future', organized by the Institute for Sustainable Development in collaboration with Verimpact, taking place on Thursday, 27 March 2025 at 2 p.m. CET. 

The German Ocean Foundation is partnering with Step. and GO!, Terra Scientifica, Objectif Sciences International and the Forum de Genève for the "Participatory Science for Ocean" hackathon in Nice in June 2025, offering everyone - ocean enthusiasts, students and professionals - the chance to develop innovative solutions for the ocean conservation and sustainable ocean management.

The non-profit Theo and Liesel Bechtold Foundation supports marine conservation and research projects around the world with the aim of sensitising young people to the ocean, the environment and climate change and getting them interested in science.

From 3 to 7 March, the EU Mission "Oceans and Waters" is organizing a forum with events to discuss and shape future EU policies and initiatives on oceans and waters, in particular the EU Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters", the European Ocean Pact and the European Water Resilience Strategy.

As a member of the High Seas Alliance, the German Ocean Foundation calls on the German government to ratify the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction.