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Nia Tero: Indigenous Guardianship the Only Time-Tested Approach To Healthy Ocean Ecosystems
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 12 (IPS) - The 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) has seen a significant presence from Indigenous peoples, who insist that their perspective and guidance be taken into account in the global efforts for sustainable ocean use and conservation. The sense of responsibility to the ocean and recognition of its history is an example that the international community can learn from.
From Villain to Vanguard: How the Shipping Industry Could Help Save Our Seas
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 12 (IPS) - Once cast as a culprit of ocean degradation, the global shipping industry is quietly reshaping its image—with experts now betting on it as a key ally in saving our seas.
Atoll Nation of Tuvalu Faces Climate Existential Crisis, Frustration With Slow Funding
- Inter Press Service
NICE, Jun 12 (IPS) - Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Feleti Teo, describes himself as an optimist—despite the existential crisis his atoll nation faces with climate change-induced sea level rise and frustration with existing international financial mechanisms to fund adaptation and mitigation.
UNOC3: A Cry for Global Action to Save Small-Scale Fisheries
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 12 (IPS) - Just before dawn, the worn wooden dhows begin gliding toward the shore at Magogoni fish market in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam. Their tattered sails flutter against the orange sky. Exhausted fishers step out onto the muddy sand, hauling frayed nets and plastic crates, their sun-creased faces tight with fatigue.
'A Wake-Up Call from the Womb'—Indigenous People Rally for a Binding Plastics Treaty
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 11 (IPS) - As the sun peeked through the French Riviera clouds and a dozen reporters sipped orange juice aboard the WWF Panda Boat docked at Port Lympia, Frankie Orona, a Native American rights advocate from the Society of Native Nations in San Antonio, Texas, stunned the room into a moment of absolute stillness.
Beating Plastic Pollution in Our Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 11 (IPS) - Each year, more than 12.5 million tonnes of plastic are used in agriculture alone, and another 37 million tonnes become food packaging. Very little gets recycled.
Chumbe Island: How Tanzania is Leading the Charge to Save Our Oceans
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 11 (IPS) - Under the surface of Tanzania’s turquoise waters, a miracle unfolds quietly every day.
Pacific Leaders Call for Bold Climate Action in Ocean Conference
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 11 (IPS) - “There is no climate action without ocean action,” President Hilda Heine of the Marshall Islands told reporters, as she and other representatives of Pacific island states reiterated that countries must honor their climate action agreements.
UN Pushes for 10,000 Ships To Track Ocean Changes
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 10 (IPS) - A groundbreaking initiative to revolutionize global ocean observation is being launched this week at the UN Ocean Conference side event, aiming to enlist 10,000 commercial ships to collect and transmit vital ocean and weather data by 2035.
Waves of Change: From the Glittering Shores of Nice to Struggling Seaweed Farmers in Zanzibar
- Inter Press Service
NICE, France, Jun 10 (IPS) - The late afternoon sun sparkles on the waters of the French Riviera as yachts dock at the Port of Nice with mechanical grace. A tram glides past palm-lined boulevards, where joggers, drenched in sweat, huff past leisurely strollers and sunbathers. Just beside the promenade, a crowd gathers around a young girl. With braided hair bouncing in rhythm, she belts out Beyoncé’s Halo with stunning precision. Her bare feet dance on the cobblestones, her voice echoing against the pastel façades.
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