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3 January 2017: Bahrain is renowned for its world-famous, high quality pearls. They have a unique lustre because they are formed in seawater through which bubbles of fresh water flow from the sand below. The pearls…

Conservation of the iconic “sea cow” and its seagrass habitat requires education and incentives. Nairobi, 27 December 2016: Popularly known as “sea cows”, dugongs are an endangered species. They are affected by…

13 December 2016 - Since April, the world has added an unprecedented 3.6 million square kilometres - an area larger than India - to the amount of ocean and sea covered by marine protected areas (MPAs), taking the…

I’ve never been able to successfully banish the bad wolf into the wilderness, and today I had to battle hard to keep him from ruining my swim. It wasn’t just any swim. Today we did the flagship swim in the…

Two years ago when I launched a campaign to protect the Ross Sea in Antarctica, the Daily Telegraph called me crazy. “Pugh is like a detective that has been given 24 hours before he gets taken off the case,” the…

27 October 2016 – What happens on land affects our oceans. For example, when rainfall washes fertilizers from agricultural land into rivers, they end up in the sea, where they can cause harm to fish and other…

Countries bordering the South China Sea have embarked on a collaborative initiative ...

Residents of Mumbai have been cleaning up their beach every week for the past year and vow to carry on until we change our ways with plastic In October 2015, a young Indian lawyer and his 84-year-old neighbour…

By Lewis Pugh – UN Environment Patron of the Oceans It took me 50 hours to get from my home in Cape Town, at the tip of Africa, to Lake Baikal on the eastern edge of Siberia. That might not seem much to Russians,…

Situated in Bocas del Toro, Panama, Ginette Bariteau’s Scuba 6 Eco dive centre is located in one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Considering that the health of the marine environment is crucial for the…