Pristine Waters: Asean Unveils New Action Plan on Marine Plastics

... action plan to tackle marine debris, as the planet drowns ... Lim Jock Hoi, marine plastic debris does not only endanger ... "Eighty percent of the marine debris is plastic. Similar studies highlight ... action plan on combating marine plastic debris in the region. ...

Indonesian Submarine KRI Nanggala-402 Has Sunk, Navy Confirms

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Pro-Job Law Could Undermine Efforts to Clean the Ocean

... in Indonesia ends up in marine waters, a staggering amount which ... , drawing concerns to the mounting marine debris. Though illegal toxic waste dumping ... to keeping climate change and marine waste reduction in the zeitgeist ...

Families Wait in Sorrow at Makeshift Crisis Center for Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 Updates

... they have pulled out airplane debris and human body parts from ... deploy Baruna Jaya IV, a marine surveyor ship equipped with a ...

Fighting Plastic Tsunami With Natural Fiber

... to a 2015 study on marine waste. This plastic tsunami has ... put both marine and human life in great ... regularly ingest microscopically sized plastic marine debris or get entangled in larger ...

Healthy Oceans: Keeping Asia and The Pacific Afloat

... escalating strains on the marine environment are threatening to drown ... and food systems vulnerable. Marine plastic pollution coursing through ... to most of the debris flooding the ocean. This ... the health of the marine ecosystem. Enforcing sustainable shipping ...

How to Improve Indonesia's Plastic Waste Management

... veritable "seafill" for marine debris flowing in from all over ... actively trying to address marine pollution through conventions ... , across Southeast Asia, marine waste management and reduction ... National Action Plan on Marine Debris are promising signs. However ...