Action Day focuses on role of ocean in fighting climate change
https://sdg.iisd.org/news/action-day-focuses-on-role-of-ocean-in-fighting-climate-change/
Ocean and coastal solutions are scientifically proven and central to adaptation, resilience, and sustainable development, yet underfunded.
Southeast Asia’s biodiversity protection challenge, by the numbers
https://www.eco-business.com/news/southeast-asias-biodiversity-protection-challenge-by-the-numbers/
The world agreed to protect almost a third of nature areas on Earth at the COP15 biodiversity summit. But only 6 percent of pristine Southeast Asia is currently conserved.
Indonesia’s ‘essential’ mangroves, seagrass and corals remain unprotected
Much of Indonesia’s mangrove forests, seagrass beds and coral reefs fall outside protected areas, according to a recently published report.
Funding bill to ban fishing gear known to catch sea turtles, dolphins and more
Congress sets the stage for a phase-out of deadly drift gillnets nationwide.
Dive rescues fish ensnared in ‘deadly’ underwater plastic
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/ocean-plastic-sri-lanka-twitter-b2253063.html
The fish is seen lying on the ocean floor before a diver appears to coax it free from the clear plastic bag and it swims away – a grim reminder of the plastic pollution crisis in our oceans.
