Eco-Business

After just over a year since the MT Princess Empress disaster in Oriental Mindoro, environmental groups have renewed calls to ‘make polluters pay’ as the nation grapples with more frequent super typhoons and yet another massive oil spill, now closer to the Philippine capital.

The compensation fund could help fishers from small island and coastal states, but many challenges remain.

On International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, Eco-Business looks at the unexpected rapid growth of a thriving mangrove forest in Iloilo City, Philippines, following the completion of a man-made floodway.

For the first time in history, we now farm more seafood than we catch from the wild. At the same time, overfishing of wild fish stocks continues to increase, and the number of sustainably fished stocks declines.

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By Jeremy Chan

By Ambar Kumar Ghosh, Sayanangshu Modak

By Rebecca L Root

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As the sea is emptied of life to feed a growing human population, innovation in protein sources holds promise in diverting seafood production away from the ocean. By Naomi Clark-Shen and Kathlyn Tan

This year at COP28, the Ocean Pavilion’s opening session stressed the need for an effective ocean strategy to limit global warming. But what do terms like ‘ocean-climate’ mean? How can investors and philanthropies contribute to action? By Naomi Clark-Shen and Kathlyn Tan

Attracting much-needed investment into the blue economy can be spurred by tailor-made initiatives. By Raghu Dharmapuri Tirumala

The Atlantic: the driving force behind ocean circulation and our taste for cod

The history of fishing in the Atlantic aid to trace back to the discovery of cod-rich Canadian waters in 1497. Generations of people greatly benefitted from these resources, until the threat of overfishing became impossible to ignore. By Suzanne OConnell, Pascal Le Floc'h

By Sophie Wood and Emma Witbooi

By M Niaz Asadullah

By Zafirah Zein

By Craig Hanson, Tim Searchinger, Richard Waite and Janet Ranganathan

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EB Studio Smallholder fish farmers in rural Kalimantan are turning towards sustainability, with some assistance from an agribusiness company.

The Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay is looking to build a sustainable marine community that relies on tidal power for low carbon electricity, food security from aquaculture, and eco-tourism for their livelihood. Watch the video here.

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