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Malaysia must tackle the problem of overfishing urgently as it is significantly depleting the nation’s seafood resources, a WWF-Malaysia official has warned

Los bosques de algas de la Patagonia que el naturalista británico Charles Darwin describió hace casi 200 años permanecen invariables desde entonces.

Posted on July 28th, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Pathfinder Foundation The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) has initiated a trilateral dialogue involving Sri Lanka, India and the Russian Federation to discuss issues of contemporary relevance. The first trilateral dialogue will be held on the Friday, July 30, 2021. 4:30 PM SLST on the Impact of Climate Change on Marine and Fresh Water Resources and Combating Water Pollution: Best Practices from Russia, Sri Lanka and India”. For this...

AFP via Getty Images William West/AFP/Getty Images The Australian government and a United Nations body are facing off this week over whether the Great Barrier Reef is "in danger" of losing its "outstanding universal value." By Ben Westcott, CNN The Australian government and a United Nations body are facing off this week over whether the Great Barrier Reef is “in danger” of losing its “outstanding universal value.” The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNE...

Australia races against time to avoid an in danger rating at UNESCO vote CNN 6 hrs ago By Ben Westcott, CNN © William West/AFP/Getty Images Fish swimming through the coral on Australias Great Barrier Reef on September 22, 2014. The Australian government and a United Nations body are facing off this week over whether the Great Barrier Reef is "in danger" of losing its "outstanding universal value." The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)...

The branch of a larger tree: stories of Pacific women on IWD 2021 Image Youth advocate Yasmin Poole shares her reflections from interviewing Akka Rimon (Kiribati), Alisi Rabukawaqa (Fiji), Antonia Wong (Samoa) and other Pacific women for International Women’s Day 2021. (World Bank) Amidst the darkness of 2020, the world celebrated the work of women that challenged our institutions; Jacinda Ardern, Greta Thunberg, Kamala Harris, and the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg; to name a few. As a young woman...

What does your role involve?  My role facilitates the Albatross Task Force (ATF) Project funded by the RSPB, as well as the Namibian Islands Marine Protected Area (NIMPA) project, which is funded by the Blue Marine Foundation. Under the ATF project, I am responsible for advocating the sustainability of seabird bycatch data collection in the Namibia for demersal hake longline and trawl fishery. Under the NIMPA project I am responsible for initiating and developing a collaborative Manageme...