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Greenpeace’s ship Rainbow Warrior arrives in Thailand to call for ocean justice
Bangkok, 1 June 2024 – The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is sailing around Thailand for the whole month of June to highlight the threats facing the Thai oceans and to…
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Fishing communities coalition launches with demand for coastal reserves
"If the sea ecosystem is healthy and we have the power to protect it from destructive business activities, we’re not only protecting the future of the island, but also ensuring a quality life for our future generations."
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“We were born by the sea and want to die by the sea”: Meet the “aunties” who are leading Thailand’s fishing communities
“I’m still fishing even after I’m married. Even when I was eight-months pregnant, I was still getting the boat ready for the fishing trip!”
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UN Ocean Treaty opens for country signatures – Greenpeace comment
Six months after its agreement, dozens of governments are set to sign the UN Ocean Treaty in New York City during the General Assembly.
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ASEAN urged to provide implementing guidelines to protect Southeast Asian migrant fishers and ratify C-188
The ASEAN Declaration on the Placement and Protection of Migrant Fishers is an important first step towards eradicating forced labour and human rights abuses in the fishing industry, but the declaration needs to be actualised in order to make a difference. Together with Team 9, we want ASEAN to move the discussion forward and provide…
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Tricked and Failed
I could only hope that the Indonesian government finally hears our cries for help and acts on our behalf to strictly enforce laws to end the cycle of abuse. Don’t let any more migrant fishers fall victim to injustice. It should end with me.
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How we got an Global Ocean Treaty – and what comes next
It has taken decades, but we finally have a Global Ocean Treaty that can deliver the protection the oceans desperately need.
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Sea sand export returns after a 20 year ban
The Indonesian government had previously banned the export of sea sand. In February 2003, the Minister of Industry and Trade, the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and the Minister of the Environment issued a joint decree which regulated this matter. At that time, the decree was made to prevent environmental damage leading to the…
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Roadmap For Recommendations For the Ratification of Work in Fishing Convention, 2007
In June 2007, the International Labour Organization (ILO) created the Work in Fishing Convention (No. 188). The ILO C-188 was aimed at ensuring decent working conditions for fishers aboard fishing…
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Greenpeace on ASEAN’s historic declaration on migrant fishers protection
The declaration is considered a milestone especially for developing countries in Southeast Asia like Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines which are considered the world’s biggest “supplier” of migrant fishers as ship crew to the global fishing industry. This victory is not only for migrant workers rights activists, but also for all Southeast Asian migrant fishers.