Eco-Business

Fisherwomen on the north coast of Java Island are pushing back against plans to dredge sea sand for export, saying they fear it will worsen coastal erosion and harm marine ecosystems.

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In Cambodia, the non-governmental organisation Khmer Ocean Life has trained residents of coastal fishing communities about threats to marine mammals so they can participate in a citizen scientist network aimed at tracking bycatch and strandings.

The decades-long shrimp aquaculture on Bangladesh’s southwest coast, which negatively impacts the environment in many ways, including creating a freshwater crisis, is now losing its importance as the farmers are gradually inclining toward agriculture again.

Research cruises can be prohibitively expensive, so cargo ships, fishing vessels and yachts are being enlisted to help understand the ocean.

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China has countered the Philippines' claims of ecological damage in Scarborough Shoal with its own environmental reports to hinder Manila’s legal efforts. However, this brings Beijing’s motives into question. By Lye Liang Fook

Funders put billions into the ‘blue economy’ but are ignoring its core principles of equity and sustainability, says Essam Yassin Mohammed. By Essam Yassin Mohammed

Wealthy nations’ overconsumption is destroying nature, but is often not accounted for by ‘loss and damage’. By Dilys Roe

If unchecked, deep sea mining could impact fish stocks and Pacific Island communities along with it. By Jesse van der Grient

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Do children ask the toughest questions? This World Oceans Day, we get renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, to field questions from curious kids on the mysteries of the deep.

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On International Human Rights Day, Greenpeace releases shocking testimonies from Southeast Asian migrants working on board foreign fishing vessels, plying the remote waters to meet Asia's surging demand for seafood.

The Philippine government has begun the process of relocating more than 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, the main body of water in the capital.

Fishermen are often cut off from land for weeks out at sea. But a new technology enables them to be connected with loved ones, while boosting the traceability of their catch.

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EB Studio Eco-Business talks to 'Aulani Wilhelm of Conservation International about why a plan to protect the ocean is critical, and why it might just work.

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