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Ocean Conservation News – 05/10/2023

by Camille Quintos
Rubbish floating in blue water of sea

Philippines aid worker fights plastic tide to protect island

https://www.eco-business.com/news/philippines-aid-worker-fights-plastic-tide-to-protect-island/

Wala Usik (“nothing wasted”) in the local language, challenges the toxic “sachet culture” that is choking the seas of the Philippines.

To protect Galapagos Islands, Ecuador turns to innovative financing

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/fact-sheets/2023/05/to-protect-galapagos-islands-ecuador-turns-to-innovative-financing

Giant tortoises, marine iguanas, and birds unique to the area greeted Charles Darwin when he arrived on the Galápagos Islands in 1835.

Crabs are losing their sense of smell and vanishing due to ocean acidification

https://www.earth.com/news/crabs-are-losing-their-sense-of-smell-and-vanishing-due-to-ocean-acidification/

Important new research from the University of Toronto Scarborough has revealed that climate change is having a profound impact on the Dungeness crab, a commercially important marine species.

SAS seeks crowd driven AI to protect endangered sea turtles in Galapagos

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sas-seeks-crowd-driven-ai-to-protect-endangered-sea-turtles-in-galapagos-301819633.html

UNC Center for Galapagos Studies joins forces with analytics and AI leader to boost conservation and sustainability efforts.

US agency to participate in deeper study of dredging threats to sea turtles

https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-agency-participate-deeper-study-dredging-threats-sea-turtles

A U.S. agency agreed to participate in a study examining whether dredging a Georgia shipping channel in the spring and summer seasons would pose threats to rare sea turtles.



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