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We cannot afford fish that costs lives
Small-scale fisheries and traditional and subsistence fisherfolk all around the world are proving that there is a better way to catch and distribute seafood. It’s past time we look to them and demand a better normal for the world’s fisheries.
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Justice in the face of extreme climate disasters
It is only right that we continue to put public pressure on these big carbon polluters and raise our voices for justice. Let’s make 2020 count, let it be the year when we stand with climate-impacted communities as they reclaim their rights to a safe and stable climate.
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Why are Indonesian fishing crews dying?
With easy access to mobile technology, migrant fishers are able to document their mistreatment and often, evidence of illegal fishing and bycatch, such as shark finning. It’s led to an outpouring of attention and renewed focus on forced labour, human trafficking, and other forms of exploitation that have been commonplace on industrial fishing vessels for…
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Twenty in 2020
As I look at what is happening right across the region today, I draw great inspiration and hope from the younger generation, who through climate marches, strikes and innovative public actions, is channelling the same pioneering spirit of our founders to hold governments and corporations to account for their actions and activities.
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A Reunion for the Ages
Fascinating, moving, and inspiring; this is the story of eight ordinary human beings who went beyond their limits to make a change for the better.
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Better Normal in the Seafood Industry
Modern slavery and human rights abuses at sea are real and happening today, and the tuna industry is at the centre of this global scandal.
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Job Opening:Regional Insights Coordinator
Greenpeace Southeast Asia is looking for a Regional Insights Coordinator
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Health experts push back against plastic industry to declare safety of reusables during COVID-19
The oil and plastics industry wants you to think that you and your family are safer when your food, drinks and other products are wrapped in plastic. But health experts around the world agree that reusables can be used safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Fisherfolk helping out Thailand’s essential workers is the community spirit we need right now
During the lockdown, the fish markets were temporarily closed. Few people visited so local fishers lost their regular clientele, and fresh seafood prices significantly dropped by more than a half due to higher transportation costs.
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Protecting nature means protecting ourselves
Healthy and undisturbed nature, especially intact ecosystems such as forests and other wilderness areas, provides a shield against dangerous new diseases emerging and spreading to humans. By contrast, exploiting nature creates the conditions for diseases similar to COVID-19 to emerge and spread.