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(UN News)* — January marked the beginning of what many within the UN and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives”, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Wednesday [3 February 2021], launching a major initiative to protect the world’s oceans through the next ten years. Coral Reef Image Bank/Philip Ham | A school of fish in Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula’s Caribbean coast of Mexico. It aims to raise awareness of the immense challenges and opportunities the world seas provide to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs...

‘Make peace with nature’, UN chief urges at Ocean Decade launch Format January marked the beginning of what many within the UN and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives”, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Wednesday, launching a major initiative to protect the world’s oceans through the next ten years. “At the beginning of the third millennium, oceanography has the capacity to identify problems and offer solutions, provided we stop neglecting its contribution”, UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay said, ahead of the event. ‘Once-in...

Seafood can help ensure that the world’s poorest people get enough nutritious food Small fish like sardines and anchovies contain many important micronutrients, and in many places they are considered food for the poor. This picture is taken in Ghana, where most of the fish at the fish markets are catched from small boats. Photo: Astrid Elise Hasselberg/ Institute of Marine Research Seafood can play a key role in meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger by 2030. ⁠⁠⁠”That makes it really important to emphasise the role o...

7 Min Read OSLO (Reuters) - Norway’s oil and gas reserves have made it one of the world’s wealthiest countries but its dreams for deep-sea discovery now centre on something different. FILE PHOTO: A view across Yoldiabukta Bay towards Spitsbergen island, part of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway, September 27, 2020. Picture taken September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas/File Photo This time, Oslo is looking for a leading role in mining copper, zinc and other metals found on the seabed and in hot demand in green technologies. Norway could license companies for deep-sea mining as...

In a year with many lows, it’s essential to reflect on both environmental problems and progress.