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Marine Plastic Litter: ICS helps shipping companies comply with revised…
"Ignorance of the regulations is no defence. If a ship and its crew are seen to pose a risk of marine pollution, the vessel can be…
IMO collaborating to reduce GHG emissions from ports and ships
A new strategic partnership to strengthen cooperation between ships and ports to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been signed…
Assessing baselines and coordinating actions for the SDGs Decade of Action
By David Horan
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
A new tool can support implementation of a single SDG in a coordinated manner.
The tool…
Africa Day of Seas and Oceans: Nature gives you back what you throw at it-…
Chairperson of the Shipowners Forum in Nigeria, Mrs Margaret Orakwusi, has charged everyone to be responsible when it comes to how…
WIMAfrica advocates collaborations among African States to maximize ocean…
"There is a challenge in understanding how to manage ocean sustainability from fisheries and eco-system health to pollution. But,…
Canada joins Global Ocean Alliance to help protect world’s oceans
The Government of Canada has joined other countries in the Global Ocean Alliance, Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans…
Watch: Oil Tanker remains aground in Tarkwa Bay Beach 3 weeks gone
It is over three weeks now that an Oil Tanker known as ‘Breakthrough’ has been sighted aground in Tarkwa Bay Beach in Lagos, and…
Marine Plastic Pollution: Waste disposal patterns vital in control
Facts have been documented in several studies on how marine species ingest plastic and are suffocated, entangled and drowned by…
UN entities and private sector join forces to tackle invasive species and…
A ground-breaking Global Industry Alliance (GIA) has been launched to tackle two of the most pressing environmental issues of our…
World Oceans Day: Awareness creation, community engagements against marine…
The Marine and Environment Care group gladly joins the rest of the world in celebrating the World Oceans Day on 8 June, 2020 by…