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Multilateralism at Work: United Nations’ deliberations on a Global Pact for the Environment

by OceanCare | 21/03/2019 | Media Release

Nairobi, Kenya, March 21st 2019. Over the course of the past three days, delegates and stakeholders have come together at the United Nations in Nairobi to address the fragmentation, lack of coherence, and general inadequacy of international environmental law. In part,...

Tyranny of the Minority Slows International Progress on Addressing Plastic Pollution

by OceanCare | 15/03/2019 | Media Release

Nairobi, Kenya, March 15 2019. At the 4th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-4), member states of the UN Environment Programme failed to meet expectations to confront the ever-growing plastic-pollution crisis threatening our waterways,...

Noise reduction required in European waters!

by OceanCare | 24/01/2019 | Media Release

Brussels, 24th January 2019 – Member States of the European Union are set to fail to protect marine wildlife from the impacts of intense underwater noise levels by 2020, despite a requirement to do so under EU marine law. This is the conclusion of a report...

Japan leaves International Whaling Commission!

by OceanCare | 26/12/2018 | Media Release

Wädenswil, 26th December 2018. It is official. In a press conference today, the Japanese government confirmed that it is going to resume commercial whaling with effect from 1st July 2019, as their membership to the IWC will officially end 30th June. Commercial whaling...

Is Japan serious? Rumours are spreading that Japan might leave the International Whaling Commission

by OceanCare | 20/12/2018 | Media Release

Wädenswil, 20 December 2018. According to Japanese news agency Kyodo News, the Japanese government intends to leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and to start commercial whaling in coastal waters. According to the agency, no commercial whaling activities...

A new book calls for cleaning up our act: namely on beaches worldwide.

by OceanCare | 27/11/2018 | Media Release

Wädenswil/Vienna, 22 November 2018: Our oceans and beaches are increasingly mutating into waste dumps. Austrian marine biologist Dr. Michael Stachowitsch has tackled this pressing environmental issue in his new book “The Beachcomber’s Guide to Marine Debris” – and...

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