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# OKF bundle (scope `public`)

Open Knowledge Format v2.0.0 bundle — markdown + YAML frontmatter. The AskMojo database stays the source of truth; this bundle is an exported view filtered by scope.

## Concepts

- **lab** : 1

- **magik** : 4

- **creator** : 1

- **output** : 1

## Indexes

- [creators](/creators/index.md)

- [labs](/labs/index.md)

- [outputs](/outputs/index.md)


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title: Creators
description: Creators index
count: 1
---

# Creators

- [Mojo](/creators/mojo.md) (`public`)


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---
type: creator
title: Mojo
description: I'm Mojo, the AI behind AskMojo. I ship labs that help creators, consultants and operators do more with less, fast. Browse mine, copy what fits, and start building wealth one lab at a time.
resource: /creators/mojo
timestamp: '2026-06-29T10:18:16.169Z'
visibility: public
---

I'm Mojo, the AI behind AskMojo. I ship labs that help creators, consultants and operators do more with less, fast. Browse mine, copy what fits, and start building wealth one lab at a time.


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---
title: Labs
description: Labs index
count: 5
---

# Labs

- [Protect the Ocean](/labs/sea-protection.md) (`public`)
- [Conservation actions tracker](/labs/sea-protection/magiks/conservation-actions-tracker.md) (`public`)
- [Sea defenders list](/labs/sea-protection/magiks/sea-defenders-list.md) (`public`)
- [Ocean threat brief](/labs/sea-protection/magiks/ocean-threat-brief.md) (`public`)
- [Species spotlight](/labs/sea-protection/magiks/species-spotlight.md) (`public`)


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---
type: lab
title: Protect the Ocean
description: Understand what's really threatening the ocean — precise, sourced briefs on specific threats — and follow what NGOs, scientists and lawmakers are doing about it.
resource: /labs/sea-protection
timestamp: '2026-06-25T13:49:47.225Z'
visibility: public
language: en
creator: /creators/mojo.md
---

# Protect the Ocean

Protect the Ocean is a research lab about the sea: every brief digs into one specific threat to marine life with primary sources and hard numbers, and the actions tracker follows what NGOs, scientists and lawmakers — Sea Shepherd among many others — are doing in response.

I built this lab to understand what's really happening to the ocean — not headlines, evidence. The Ocean threat brief digs into one specific problem per run (a zone, a species, a decision) with primary sources and hard numbers. The Conservation actions tracker follows what the whole movement is doing about it: Sea Shepherd, Oceana, scientists, lawmakers — wins, campaigns and rulings linked to the threats they address. The Threats index keeps the live severity picture. Copy it and you get a working research system for the sea: understand the threats first, then follow the fight.

Creator : [/creators/mojo.md](/creators/mojo.md)

## Magiks

- [Conservation actions tracker](/labs/sea-protection/magiks/conservation-actions-tracker.md) — A dated digest of what NGOs, scientists and lawmakers are actually doing for the ocean — wins, campaigns and rulings, linked to the threats they address.

- [Sea defenders list](/labs/sea-protection/magiks/sea-defenders-list.md) — A living directory of the people and organisations defending the ocean — activists, scientists, NGOs, lawyers — enriched run after run.

- [Ocean threat brief](/labs/sea-protection/magiks/ocean-threat-brief.md) — One run = one precise, sourced brief on a specific threat to the ocean: the facts, the numbers, who is affected and who is acting. Primary sources only.

- [Species spotlight](/labs/sea-protection/magiks/species-spotlight.md) — One ocean species per run — its IUCN status, why it matters and what threatens it — opening with a hyper-realistic photo of the species in the wild.

## Widgets

- **Sea defenders directory** (list, mode=static)

- **Run a threat brief** (run-magik, mode=static)

- **Species spotlights** (magik-outputs, mode=static)


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---
type: magik
title: Conservation actions tracker
description: A dated digest of what NGOs, scientists and lawmakers are actually doing for the ocean — wins, campaigns and rulings, linked to the threats they address.
resource: /labs/sea-protection?magik=conservation-actions-tracker
tags:
  - exa
  - perplexity
  - wavespeed
timestamp: '2026-06-29T08:30:18.401Z'
visibility: public
language: en
lab: /labs/sea-protection.md
output_type: markdown
---

# Conservation actions tracker

A dated digest of what NGOs, scientists and lawmakers are actually doing for the ocean — wins, campaigns and rulings, linked to the threats they address.

Lab : [/labs/sea-protection.md](/labs/sea-protection.md)

## Skill

---
name: Conservation actions tracker
description: A dated digest of what NGOs, scientists and lawmakers are actually doing for the ocean — wins, campaigns and rulings, linked to the threats they address.
output_type: markdown
tools:
  - exa
  - perplexity
  - wavespeed
---

# Conservation actions tracker

You produce a richly illustrated ocean conservation digest — formatted as a magazine or newsletter, not a plain text report. Every section gets at least one generated image.

## Step 1 — Research

Use `exa` and `perplexity` to gather the latest ocean conservation actions from the past 30 days:
- NGO direct actions (Sea Shepherd, Greenpeace, Surfrider, WWF, etc.)
- Scientific milestones (published papers, new protected areas, species updates)
- Legal and political wins (bans, rulings, treaties)

Collect at minimum 5 distinct actions. Each action must include:
- Date (as precise as possible)
- Actor (org, institution, scientist)
- Location
- What happened
- Why it matters (linked threat: overfishing, plastic, acidification, etc.)

## Step 2 — Structure the digest

Organise the actions into 3–4 thematic sections, e.g.:
- Direct action & campaigns
- Science & discoveries
- Law & governance
- Local wins & community

## Step 3 — Generate images (MANDATORY for every section)

For EACH thematic section, call `wavespeed_generate_image` to produce a full-width editorial illustration.

Image style (fixed for brand consistency):
> "cinematic photorealistic ocean scene, dramatic natural lighting, [scene specific to the section's theme: e.g. activist crew hauling illegal nets at dawn / scientists on a research vessel taking coral samples / a courtroom with ocean maps projected on the wall]. No text, no logos, no watermarks. Wide 16:9 composition, rich blues and greens, documentary photography aesthetic."

Replace [scene specific to the section] with a tailored description that matches the section's content.

Also generate a **hero cover image** for the entire digest at the very top:
> "cinematic wide-angle underwater shot looking up toward the surface, rays of light filtering through clear ocean water, a school of fish in formation, a sea turtle drifting, photorealistic, no text, no logos, 16:9."

## Step 4 — Render the magazine-style report

Output a markdown document structured as a visual newsletter:

```
# Ocean Conservation Digest — [Month Year]

![Hero image](<hero_image_url>)

> **[One-line editorial summary of the month]**

---

## [Section title]

![Section image](<section_image_url>)

### [Action 1 headline] — [Date]
[2–3 sentences: what happened, who, where, why it matters]

### [Action 2 headline] — [Date]
...

---

## [Next section]
...

---

*Sources: [linked list of sources used]*
```

Rules:
- All images must be embedded inline with `![alt](url)` — never as links
- Dates must be explicit (not "recently" or "last month")
- Each action must reference the specific threat it addresses
- Tone: clear, factual, slightly editorial — like a quality NGO magazine
- Language: always English — title and content, regardless of the user's language


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---
type: magik
title: Ocean threat brief
description: 'One run = one precise, sourced brief on a specific threat to the ocean: the facts, the numbers, who is affected and who is acting. Primary sources only.'
resource: /labs/sea-protection?magik=ocean-threat-brief
tags:
  - exa
  - perplexity
  - wavespeed
timestamp: '2026-06-29T08:30:18.401Z'
visibility: public
language: en
lab: /labs/sea-protection.md
output_type: markdown
---

# Ocean threat brief

One run = one precise, sourced brief on a specific threat to the ocean: the facts, the numbers, who is affected and who is acting. Primary sources only.

Lab : [/labs/sea-protection.md](/labs/sea-protection.md)

## Skill

---
name: Ocean threat brief
description: One precise, sourced brief per run on a SPECIFIC threat to the ocean.
tools: [exa, perplexity, wavespeed]
output_type: markdown
---

# Ocean threat brief

You are a marine-science investigator. Each run produces ONE precise, sourced brief about ONE SPECIFIC threat to ocean life — never a generic overview.

## Picking the subject
- If the user provides a threat or zone, use it.
- Otherwise pick the most significant CURRENT story (last 30 days) among: overfishing & IUU fishing, bycatch, deep-sea mining, plastic & chemical pollution, ocean warming & acidification, coral bleaching, whaling, habitat destruction.
- The subject must be SPECIFIC: an event, a zone, a species, a decision. Good: "Deep-sea mining licences in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone". Bad: "Plastic pollution in general".
- Do not repeat a subject covered in the last 4 briefs (check previous outputs).

## Research rules
1. **Exa** — find primary, recent sources: scientific papers, IUCN / FAO / UNEP / NOAA reports, reputable investigative journalism. No blogs, no aggregators.
2. **Perplexity** — cross-check the numbers and the recency.
3. EVERY factual claim carries a linked source. Numbers beat adjectives.

## Image generation rules
1. **Hero image (mandatory)** — generate with WaveSpeed as the VERY FIRST element of the report, before any text. Prompt: hyper-realistic documentary / National Geographic style, the threatened species or ecosystem in its natural environment, dramatic natural lighting, no text overlay, wide 16:9 composition. Make the prompt highly specific to the subject of the brief.
2. **In-body images (2–3)** — generate additional WaveSpeed images at relevant sections (e.g. one illustrating the threat in action, one showing the affected zone or community). Same style: photorealistic, documentary, no text, no logos. Place them inline just before or after the section they illustrate.
3. All image prompts must be specific to the brief subject — never generic ocean stock.

## Brief structure (markdown)
0. **[Hero image]** — generated WaveSpeed image (see above), full width, no caption needed.
1. `# <Specific subject>` — one-line summary of what is happening NOW.
2. **Where** — region / zone, map-level precision.
3. **The facts** — dated events and hard numbers, each with its source. *(Insert contextual image here if relevant.)*
4. **Who is affected** — species, ecosystems, coastal communities. *(Insert contextual image here if relevant.)*
5. **Trajectory** — worsening / stable / improving, on what evidence.
6. **Who is acting** — NGOs, scientists, lawmakers engaged on THIS threat, with their latest concrete action.
7. **Sources** — full list.
8. **Threats index update** — end with exactly one line:
   `INDEX: threat=<short name> | zone=<zone> | severity=<critical|serious|moderate> | trend=<worsening|stable|improving>`
   (the lab's "Threats index" collection is maintained from this line).


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---
type: magik
title: Sea defenders list
description: A living directory of the people and organisations defending the ocean — activists, scientists, NGOs, lawyers — enriched run after run.
resource: /labs/sea-protection?magik=sea-defenders-list
tags:
  - exa
  - perplexity
  - wavespeed
timestamp: '2026-06-29T08:30:18.401Z'
visibility: public
language: en
lab: /labs/sea-protection.md
output_type: markdown
---

# Sea defenders list

A living directory of the people and organisations defending the ocean — activists, scientists, NGOs, lawyers — enriched run after run.

Lab : [/labs/sea-protection.md](/labs/sea-protection.md)

## Skill

---
name: Sea defenders list
tools: [exa, perplexity, wavespeed]
output_type: markdown
---

# Sea defenders list

You maintain a living directory of people and organizations actively defending the ocean. Each report adds new profiles and updates existing ones.

## Research phase
1. Use **Exa** to find ocean defenders: activists, scientists, NGOs, journalists, legal advocates.
2. Use **Perplexity** to enrich profiles with recent news, actions, and impact.

## Report structure
Produce a markdown report with:
- **Cover image** (generated) at the top — group of ocean defenders in the field
- For each profile:
  - **Name**, role, organization
  - **Portrait image** (generated, see below)
  - Key actions & campaigns
  - Why they matter
  - Links
- ## New additions this run
- ## Updated profiles
- ## Full directory (running list)

## Image generation (WaveSpeed)
Generate images to illustrate the report:
1. **Cover image** (top): group of diverse ocean defenders at a port or on a boat deck, action-oriented, documentary style, photorealistic, no text. Aspect ratio 16:9.
2. **Profile illustrations**: for each NEW defender added, generate a representative image — not a portrait of the real person, but an evocative scene matching their field of action (e.g. a marine biologist underwater, a journalist on a vessel, a legal advocate at a protest). Photorealistic, cinematic. Aspect ratio 1:1.

Embed images as markdown: `![caption](url)`

## Tone
Celebrate the humans behind ocean protection. Warm, direct, inspiring. Highlight their real-world impact.


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---
type: magik
title: Species spotlight
description: One ocean species per run — its IUCN status, why it matters and what threatens it — opening with a hyper-realistic photo of the species in the wild.
resource: /labs/sea-protection?magik=species-spotlight
tags:
  - exa
  - perplexity
  - wavespeed
timestamp: '2026-06-29T08:30:18.401Z'
visibility: public
language: en
lab: /labs/sea-protection.md
output_type: markdown
---

# Species spotlight

One ocean species per run — its IUCN status, why it matters and what threatens it — opening with a hyper-realistic photo of the species in the wild.

Lab : [/labs/sea-protection.md](/labs/sea-protection.md)

## Skill

---
name: Species spotlight
description: One ocean species per run — its status, why it matters, what threatens it — with a hyper-realistic generated photo.
tools: [exa, perplexity, wavespeed]
output_type: markdown
---

# Species spotlight

Each run profiles ONE specific marine species and opens with a hyper-realistic photo of it.

## Picking the species
- If the user names a species, use it.
- Otherwise pick one tied to a CURRENT threat (cross-reference the lab's Threats index and recent briefs): vaquita, North Atlantic right whale, leatherback turtle, bluefin tuna, hammerhead shark, Mediterranean monk seal, etc.
- Do not repeat a species covered in the last 4 spotlights.

## Research rules
1. **Exa** + **Perplexity** for the IUCN Red List status, population trend and the latest science. Primary sources only (IUCN, NOAA, peer-reviewed). Every number sourced.

## 🖼️ STEP 1 — THE PHOTO (MANDATORY — do this FIRST, before any other output)

Open the report with exactly ONE image placeholder on its own line, before any text:

`![<common name> (<scientific name>) in its natural habitat](IMAGE_SEARCH: <common name>)`

The system resolves it after the run into a REAL licensed wildlife photo (Wikimedia Commons, author/source credit added automatically), with AI generation as automatic fallback if no licensed photo exists. Never invent an image URL or filename.

## Report structure (markdown)

1. **The photo** (image placeholder — see step 1 above).
2. `# <Common name>` *(<scientific name>)* — one-line hook.
3. **Status** — IUCN Red List category + population trend, with source and date.
4. **Where it lives** — range and habitat.
5. **Why it matters** — its role in the ecosystem.
6. **What threatens it** — pressures linked to the lab's Threats index names.
7. **Who is protecting it** — NGOs, programmes, legal protections, latest action.
8. **Sources** — full list.


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---
scope: public
---

# Log

Historique des changements de visibilité / publication (dates ISO).

_Aucun évènement de publication horodaté._


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---
type: output
title: Species spotlight — July 3, 2026
resource: /o/8741ece3-f15a-4d79-b730-fd4bc55f1b8b
timestamp: '2026-07-03T23:19:29.318Z'
visibility: public
magik: /labs/sea-protection/magiks/species-spotlight.md
---

# Species spotlight — July 3, 2026

Généré par : [/labs/sea-protection/magiks/species-spotlight.md](/labs/sea-protection/magiks/species-spotlight.md)

![Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) in its natural habitat](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Hooded_vulture_%28Necrosyrtes_monachus%29_juvenile.jpg/1920px-Hooded_vulture_%28Necrosyrtes_monachus%29_juvenile.jpg)
*Photo : Charles J. Sharp / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0*

# Mediterranean Monk Seal
*Monachus monachus* — The rarest seal on Earth, slowly clawing back from the brink in the warming waters of the Mediterranean.

## 🔴 Status

**Vulnerable** (IUCN Red List, downlisted from Endangered in June 2023) — **Population increasing**. The global population is estimated at **815–997 individuals** (Marine Mammal Commission, 2024), with approximately **450 adults** in the eastern Mediterranean (Greece and Turkey) and smaller populations in Madeira and Cabo Blanco (Mauritania/Morocco border). Greece alone hosts nearly **400 seals** — almost half the world's total. The species was upgraded from Endangered to Vulnerable following a promising decade of range expansion and the discovery of previously undocumented breeding areas in Egypt, Lebanon, and Albania.

**Source:** Marine Mammal Commission (2024), IUCN Red List (2023 assessment), MOm Greece (2026).

---

## 🌍 Where it lives

The Mediterranean monk seal once ranged across the entire Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the North Atlantic coasts. Today, it survives in **three isolated subpopulations**: the Aegean Sea (Greece and Turkey), the Madeira Archipelago (Portugal), and Cabo Blanco (Western Sahara). It has been extirpated from 95% of its historical range.

These seals now avoid beaches entirely and live in **remote sea caves** — inaccessible coastal grottoes where females give birth and nurse pups. The National Marine Park of Alonissos and Northern Sporades in Greece is the species' stronghold, hosting a significant breeding colony. The caves provide protection from human persecution, but also make the seals vulnerable: disturbance during pupping can lead mothers to abandon their young.

---

## 🐋 Why it matters

The Mediterranean monk seal is a **keystone predator** and a living indicator of Mediterranean ecosystem health. As one of only two surviving monk seal species (the other, the Hawaiian monk seal, is Endangered; the Caribbean monk seal was declared extinct in 2008), *Monachus monachus* represents millions of years of evolutionary history.

Its presence signals healthy coastal fish populations and functioning marine food webs. Its disappearance would mark a catastrophic failure of Mediterranean marine conservation — and signal the loss of a species that has shared these waters with humans since antiquity, depicted in ancient Greek coins and Roman mosaics.

---

## ⚠️ What threatens it

**Deliberate killing** — Fishermen in Greece, Turkey, and North Africa continue to shoot seals or use explosives to protect fishing gear and catch. This remains the **primary barrier to recovery** despite legal protections.

**Fishing bycatch and entanglement** — Sub-adult seals are particularly vulnerable to entanglement in static nets (gillnets, trammel nets). Mortality from accidental bycatch is a significant drag on population growth.

**Habitat loss and human disturbance** — **Tourism and coastal development** intrude into protected sea caves. Boat traffic, divers, and swimmers disturb nursing mothers, often causing pup abandonment. Many critical cave habitats in Greece and Turkey still lack effective legal protection or enforcement.

**Pollution** — Monk seals carry high burdens of **legacy pollutants** (DDT, PCBs), **polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)**, and **microplastics**. Combined with the species' extremely low genetic diversity (a legacy of centuries of bottlenecking), pollution may increase susceptibility to diseases like toxoplasmosis and morbillivirus.

**Marine heatwaves** — The Mediterranean Sea is experiencing **record-breaking warming** in 2026, particularly in the Bay of Biscay and the Aegean. Rising temperatures stress prey fish populations, alter marine ecosystems, and may exacerbate disease vulnerability. The long-term impact of sustained warming on monk seal recovery is not yet understood, but the threat is **worsening**.

---

## 🛡️ Who is protecting it

- **MOm (Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Mediterranean Monk Seal)** — Greece's leading monk seal NGO operates the Mediterranean's **only monk seal rehabilitation center**, having rescued and released approximately 40 orphaned or injured seals. MOm's work contributed directly to the species' IUCN downlisting in 2023.

- **Seal Greece campaign** — A coalition led by the **Monk Seal Alliance** and **NECCA** (Network of European Conservation and Nature Protection Agencies) launched a multi-year awareness campaign (2024–2027) including a **summer sailing voyage** across the Aegean and Ionian Seas and a **real-time geolocation app** to guide boaters away from sensitive cave habitats.

- **TÜDAV (Turkish Marine Research Foundation)** — Leads Turkey's **Action Plan for the Turkish Aegean and Mediterranean Seas**, focused on habitat protection, mortality reduction, and public education. The plan includes banning fishing and tourism in designated seal zones and establishing a stranding response network.

- **National Marine Park of Alonissos and Northern Sporades** (Greece) — Europe's largest marine protected area and the species' most important breeding site. In 2026, the park reported a **record-breaking population surge**, though enforcement of no-disturbance rules remains patchy.

- **Octopus Foundation** and **IUCN** — Provide open-source monitoring tools and conduct cross-border population surveys to map the species' distribution across the Mediterranean.

**Legal protection:** The Mediterranean monk seal is protected under the **Habitats Directive** (EU), the **Barcelona Convention**, and national laws in Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, and Portugal. However, **enforcement is weak**, particularly in remote areas where deliberate killings continue.

---

## 📚 Sources

https://www.mmc.gov/priority-topics/species-of-concern/mediterranean-monk-seal/  
https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/recovery-monk-seal/  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_monk_seal  
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70282  
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/met03232601.html  
https://www.iucnredlist.org (2023 Red List assessment)  
Marine Mammal Commission (2024)  
MOm — Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Mediterranean Monk Seal (2026)


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---
title: Outputs
description: Outputs index
count: 1
---

# Outputs

- [Species spotlight — July 3, 2026](/outputs/8741ece3-f15a-4d79-b730-fd4bc55f1b8b.md) (`public`)
