Ocean Conservation News – 11/30/2022

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MCS to take legal action against ocean sewage spills

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/mcs-taking-legal-action-to-protect-uk-from-sewage/

The Marine Conservation Society is announcing joining as co-claimant in a legal case against the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to protect English seas from sewage dumping.

Belize blue bond and progress

https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/belize-blue-bond-and-progress/

In November 2021, the Government of Belize and the Nature Conservancy engaged in the world’s largest debt refinancing for ocean conservation to date with a value of USD 362 million.

Illegal bottom trawling widespread inside Mediterranean marine protected areas

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/illegal-bottom-trawling-widespread-inside-mediterranean-marine-protected-areas/

A new “atlas” reveals widespread illegal bottom trawling inside Mediterranean marine protected areas.

Great Barrier Reef risks “in danger” World Heritage listing

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-great-barrier-reef-danger-world.html

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of “in danger” World Heritage sites, according to UN experts who warned the fading wonder has been “significantly impacted” by climate change.

To fight the climate crisis, we must stop expanding offshore drilling for oil and gas

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-climate-crisis-offshore-drilling-oil.html

Environmental disaster struck the shores of Peru on Jan. 15, 2022, when Spanish energy company Repsol spilled 12,000 barrels of crude oil into the Bay of Lima after its tanker ruptured.

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