The National Environmental Protection Council, in with other local agencies and NGOs, is hosting a public forum called the Stakeholders Dialogue on Oceans. The theme of the Dialogue is “Allow the Ocean to Sustain Us”. A healthy ocean is critical for human well-being because of the resources and services they provide us, such as food, […]
Tag: oceans
Posted inTop Stories
Remengesau to deliver keynote speech at ‘Oceans Meeting’ in Portugal
President Tommy Remengesau, Jr., after a meeting with the United Nations secretary general in Fiji, travelled to Lisbon,Portugal to give a keynote address at the Oceans Meeting, an international ministerial conference on smart ocean governance, that is slated May 16-17. Remengesau, who was in Fiji since May 12 to attend the third Climate Action Pacific […]
Posted inTop Stories
Rock Island beach clean-up yields exorbitant number of plastics
An exorbitant number of plastic bottles, lighters, plastic bags as well as fishing gears were uncovered during a beach clean-up lead by Heirs to Our Oceans on Sunday. Miel Holm, one of the heirs said in an interview that brand audit of the litter collected from the clean up revealed that a few of them […]