Browsing Malaya by Subject "Oceans"

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    • The final frontier: Who owns the oceans and their hidden treasures? 

      Tabary, Zoe (Malaya, December 5, 2018, on page B4-B5)
      Oceans - which scientists say are less understood than the moon or Mars - cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, yet less than 20 percent of their seafloor has been mapped or observed, according to the U.S. ...

    • G20 plastic trash reduction goal doesn't address 'excessive production: Activists 

      Reuters (Malaya, July 2, 2019, on page B5)
      The world produced about 242 million tons of plastic waste in 2016, according to the World Bank. Some 8 million of that enters the ocean annually, with China and Indonesia being the biggest offenders, a study in the journal ...

    • G20 to tackle ocean plastic waste as petrochemical makers expand in Asia 

      (Malaya, June 14, 2019, on page B5)
      Japan wants to make reducing the glut of plastic waste in the oceans a priority at the Group of 20 summit it is hosting this month as governments around the world crack down on such pollution. Images of plastic debris-strewn ...

    • LG Commemorates World Environment Day 2018 with a Global Clean-up Initiative 

      (Malaya, June 13, 2018, on page A10)
      Celebrated every year on June 5, World Environment Day, hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), promotes positive eco-action, and creates ideal opportunities for individuals and communities to understand ...

    • Ocean planet under threat 

      (Malaya, June 21, 2013, on page A7)
      The oceans are under threat. Thus warned Braulio De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, he said. "Marine biodiversity suffers from overfishing and other unsustainable fishing practices. ...

    • Reef makes a pledge for cleaner beaches 

      (Malaya, December 21, 2018, on page B7)
      Dedicated to making sure beaches stay clean and healthy, international beach apparel brand Reef pledges to use the fun, freedom, and spirit of the beach to champion a better life for people and planet. To achieve this, ...

    • RLC joins int'l coastal clean-up 

      (Malaya, October 13, 2017, on page A10)
      Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC), through its Robinsons "RLove" corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, actively participated in the International Coastal Clean-up in Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Eco-Tourism ...

    • Scientists probe deep sea secrets 

      International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Malaya, October 19, 2012, on page A1)
      New facts about marine life are enabling scientists to locate some of the oceans's most ecologically and biologically significant areas in the planet's most remote places. For the first time, the world ocean, including its ...

    • Sea pollution cut since 1972 UN accord, IMO says 

      (Malaya, October 30, 2012, on page A8)
      The use of the world's oceans as a dumping ground for harmful wastes has been systematically regulated and reduced under the terms of an international convention that was adopted 40 years ago, the UN agency that polices ...

    • Tubbataha divers prepare to assess grounding damage 

      World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Malaya, March 22, 2013, on page A11)
      One in every four known marine species call coral reefs home. Endlessly seeding the vast oceans with fish and invertebrate spawn, these sunken oases provide food and livelihoods for a billion people in Asia alone. forty ...

    • UNI Ocean Conservation Center to open at Manila Ocean Park 

      (Malaya, August 8, 2018, on page B7)
      With the aim of Saving Our Ocean, Lupel Corporation Vice President and General Manager Mitch Pellicer thought it wise to come up with an educational AVP for everyone, especially for children, discouraging all Filipinos not ...