UN Ocean Conference wraps up with actions to restore ocean health, protect marine life
Jun 10, 2017, at 01:36 pm
New York, June 10(Just Earth News): The first-ever United Nations summit on oceans on Friday wrapped up with a global agreement to reserve the decline of the ocean's health, and more than 1,300 pledged actions for protecting the blue. “The bar has been raised on global consciousness and awareness of the problem in the oceans,†the President of the UN General Assembly, Peter Thomson, told journalists in New York. Thomson, whose native Fiji co-sponsored the event along with Sweden, said the organizers got what they wanted from the conference: “I'm 100 per cent satisfied with the results of this conference. Our aim was high. Our aim was to start the reversal of the cycle.â€
Next month's ocean conference eyes cutting $35 billion in fisheries subsidies – UN trade officials
May 11, 2017, at 01:06 pm
New York, May 11(Just Earth News): Harmful fishing subsidies that contribute to overfishing are estimated to be as high as $35 billion, fisheries experts from the United Nations trade and development agency on Wednesday said, highlighting one of the key issues that will be debated at next month's Ocean Conference.
FEATURE: Humanity at the core as UN readies for first-ever Ocean Conference
Mar 23, 2017, at 02:25 pm
New York, Mar 23 (Just Earth News): Over a year ago, on 20 February 2016, Tropical Cyclone Winston made a category 5 landfall along the north coast of Fiji's largest, most populous island, Viti Levu, killing at least 44 people, and grounding flights to and from the Pacific Island nation.