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Human life depends on the benefits the ocean provides for health, well-being and economic growth. But we are using the ocean’s resources faster than they can naturally recover. There is a widening gap between the declining health of the ocean and…

If ever an island justified the label “paradise” that tourist brochures liberally apply to destinations, it is Saint Lucia. Shaped like a teardrop, this tiny Caribbean nation has everything. Crescent moon beaches…

When Ali Tewa started fishing after leaving school in 1990, the waters around Lamu County in southern Kenya were teeming with fish. “Back then you could go to fish for about half an hour to a maximum of two to…

Ascension Island, in the southern Atlantic Ocean, is getting a new marine protected area twice the size of the United Kingdom (UK). Full protection of 443,000 square kilometres of ocean around the British overseas…

Three new Clean Seas signatories bring number of Latin American and Caribbean signatories to 20 Across the world, 60 countries have now committed to the campaign The new countries signed up during the Fourth UN…

As delegates made their way into the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi this week, many were pulled up short by the sight of a rainbow-hued traditional dhow boat resting serenely on the grass. “Is this the boat…

Throughout human existence, the oceans and seas have been a source of food, leisure, exploration, and a natural carbon sink. But with a rapidly growing global population—and more than half of people living within…

World Wildlife Day on 3 March 2019 focuses for the first time on marine species Did you know that the giant manta ray—up to nine metres across—has the largest brain of all the world’s fish? Or that dugongs,…

 With some of the world’s most beautiful beaches paying a heavy price for our plastic addiction, the travel and tourism industry is taking action to reduce its plastic footprint and encourage its customers to do…

The application portal for the Young Champions of the Earth prize, is open. We present you with the story of six environmentalists who are already making waves and changing the world. We hope these stories will…