{"id":2427,"date":"2025-01-19T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T10:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campaigns.ocean.mt\/?page_id=2427"},"modified":"2025-01-24T09:45:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:45:57","slug":"whats-the-fuss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/campaigns.ocean.mt\/index.php\/whats-the-fuss\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Fuss?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m6aktxdm-e447839880765b9e596d10433f23d73d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>WHAT\u2019S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT ALIEN SPECIES?<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='flex_column av-20gi6z-49af8665d88464910e9aca61c85e7f77 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><div  class='avia-video av-m63hfz2b-59543c93fbe59d9172716451b9d578a7 avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7W00u_ugd2k&themeRefresh=1 '><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Invasive alien species: what\u2019s the big deal?\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7W00u_ugd2k?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2ccbff-93f8843763ff1460665b29aa1cab7abf av_one_half  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><div  class='avia-video av-m66bfpml-adf0399c6d3c4c202240e072c45c8493 avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I1WXnvmsjCU'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jellyfish 101 - an introductory animation clip\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I1WXnvmsjCU?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4te4dn-5190c4d92f2d4bc7f1143c522addf841 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m63hfogm-d4bffa679f8c7140b072b35f228b0f0d\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m63hfogm-d4bffa679f8c7140b072b35f228b0f0d .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:justify;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m63hfogm-d4bffa679f8c7140b072b35f228b0f0d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Species introductions are considered by the UN the as the second leading cause of species extinctions, being preceded only by the triad of habitat loss, overexploitation and pollution, besides exerting a massive detrimental socio-economic impact on a global scale. According to the latest IPBES (Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) report on non-indigenous species \u2013 the <em>Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control &#8211; <\/em>globally, a total of 37,000 species have been introduced by man and his activities to regions and biomes around the world, of which an estimated 3,500 species are harmful invasive alien species. The global economic cost of invasive alien species exceeded $423 billion annually in 2019, with costs having at least quadrupled every decade since 1970.<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3srbiz-3b1ee79570d99fc0adbf60edfcdb0e73 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m66i2qt1-ec07d5f3628d0e9b9e3bbaa53a94f2ba\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m66i2qt1-ec07d5f3628d0e9b9e3bbaa53a94f2ba .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:justify;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m66i2qt1-ec07d5f3628d0e9b9e3bbaa53a94f2ba '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Running since June 2010, the IOIKIDS Spot the Jellyfish initiative aims to increase awareness, especially amongst the younger generations, about the local diversity of jellyfish species, through a hands-on exercise involving the reporting of sightings of jellyfish that often swarm close to our shores and beaches. This initiative enjoys the support of Maltese tourism authorities (MTA) and a number of local and regional ENGO&#8217;s. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ocean.mt\/jellyfish\/public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">user-friendly interface<\/a>\u00a0is available to enable the submission of jellyfish reports by members of the public and the visualisation, in real-time, of the geo-referenced jellyfish sighting reports. Two jellyfish species (<em>Porpita porpita<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Aequorea sp.<\/em>) were recorded for the first time in Maltese waters as a result of the initiative. Spot the Jellyfish featured on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2022\/02\/22\/creating-sea-change-why-ocean-literacy-is-key-to-protecting-our-marine-ecosystems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Euronews<\/a>\u00a0in September 2021 as well as in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/jul\/03\/it-looked-like-an-alien-with-tentacles-wrapped-around-her-jellyfish-here-to-ruin-your-summer-holiday?fbclid=IwAR3lrEaLC-WXfnv8Zwut660GswOZoiYm1b5ABlaQieZuUF0bdNMmDmo5lMA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0in July 2021.<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2427","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campaigns.ocean.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campaigns.ocean.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campaigns.ocean.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campaigns.ocean.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campaigns.ocean.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2427"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/campaigns.ocean.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2667,"href":"https:\/\/campaigns.ocean.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2427\/revisions\/2667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campaigns.ocean.mt\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}