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Overfishing in Kiribati
It’s less land than sea, really. Just over 800 square kilometres of earth, smaller than many Australian national parks, but its coral atolls span a staggering 3.5 million sq km of the central Pacific Ocean. But this beautiful place is now a magnet for huge commercial fishing operators from Europe, Asia and America. || |||||||||…
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Our Oceans are in Crisis.
A healthy ocean has diverse ecosystems and robust habitats. But a myriad of human pressures – from overfishing to climate change – are causing ecosystems to collapse, the extinction of…
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6 reasons to choose pole and line tuna
There are plenty of canned tuna options on our supermarket shelves and it can be confusing to know which one to choose. If there is one thing you should remember it is this – choose ‘pole and line’ caught tuna. The fishermen pull the skipjack tuna fish onto the boat in Flores sea, East Nusa…
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2017 hottest year ever outside El Niño cycle
SYDNEY, January 19, 2018 – The news that last year was the hottest ever recorded outside the El Niño cycle provides yet another wake-up call for world leaders to take swift action to prevent the worst effects of climate change. Even without an El Niño effect to exacerbate the heat, 2017 was still the third…
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FLUME DROPS NEW TRACK WITH GREENPEACE TO RAISE CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS
An Australian icon is at risk of succumbing to a slow and silent death. That’s the harsh reality that faces the Great Barrier Reef if fossil fuel business as usual continues unabated. Fortunately, not everyone has given up on the Reef, including Grammy-award winning artist Flume and Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Yesterday the globe-trotting multi-award-winning Sydneysider…
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Greenpeace returning to the Antarctic to push for world’s largest ocean sanctuary
SYDNEY, December 1, 2017 – As a huge marine protected area in the Ross Sea comes into force on World Antarctica Day (Friday 1 December) this year, Greenpeace has announced an ambitious three-month Antarctic expedition. Between January and March 2018, the crew aboard Greenpeace’s iconic Arctic Sunrise vessel will undertake groundbreaking scientific research including a…
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Four Beautiful Places Threatened by Climate Change
People v. Arctic Oil , our court case agains the Norwegian Government, is happening right now! Although the court case is focusing on oil drilling in the Arctic, it’s so important to realise that this legal battle will make waves all around the world. Why? Because when it comes to climate change ‘what happens in…
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No Future in Fossil Fuels – Pacific Activists Call for Action
This morning, before the sun came up, while much of Bonn was sleeping, the Pacific Island Represent team laced up our winter shoes and headed out into the dark. We had never done anything like this before. And what we were about to see was also a first. Image: Daniel Muller | Greenpeace Nothing could have prepared…
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PACIFIC ISLAND REPRESENT HEADING TO THE COP TO CALL OUT CLIMATE SWEET-TALK AND DEMAND ACTION
Combatting climate change is a huge problem that demands a concerted global effort. Landmark deals like the Paris Agreement are touted as the way forward but they’re not worth the paper they’re written on if the nations signed up don’t obey them. But despite the politically convenient photo opportunities and inspiring words spoken by world…
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Our oceans are under attack; How can you help?
"We are here today to take decisive action to nurture and protect the lifeblood of our planet. Oceans and seas cover two-thirds of our home," explains Guterres.