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Human Rights for Migrant Fishers
Abolish the Overseas Employment Scheme for Migrant Fishers and Expedite the Domestication of ILO Convention No. 188
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The Two-Tiered System: Discrimination, Modern Slavery and Environmental Destruction on the High Seas
Greenpeace welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Inaugural Plenary Meeting of the ILO SEA Forum for Fishers. The issue of discrimination in the global distant water fishing (DWF) industry…
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Did life on earth begin in the deep sea?
When it comes to being otherworldly, alien, and bizarre, the ocean has plenty to fuel the imagination and make your jaw drop : giant scuttling bugs, jelly-like blobfish, slimy mucus-drenched…
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Toxic Ecosystems: The Impact of Plastic on Marine Life
What happens to plastic when it gets throw “away”? As it turns out, there is no such thing as “away” Instead, a large percentage of plastics enter our oceans, with…
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What Will It Take to Clean Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
One of Greenpeace’s foundational principles is bearing witness. We use our bodies and our voices to shine a spotlight on injustice and to tell the story of what we see…
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How One Diver Woke Up to the Plastic Pollution Problem
A couple years ago, I had the pleasure of teaching a young couple to dive in Thailand on one of my favorite reefs. Weather conditions were perfect, with mild currents…
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Carting Away the Oceans 10
To view the report, click here. This 10th-anniversary edition of Carting Away the Oceans identifies which major supermarkets are leaders in sustainable seafood and which are falling behind. The findings are…
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Greenpeace Report: Carting Away the Oceans
In June 2008, Greenpeace published the first edition…
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Meet Anna, the 11-year-old Activist Saving the Ocean!
Greenpeace’s Oceans Director, John Hocevar, has an 11-year old niece named Anna. When Anna was little, she would spend hours asking John questions about the ocean. “Why are dolphins always…
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Diving to The Antarctic Seafloor is a Scientist’s Dream Coming True
That is, I’ve never seen them in their natural environment before. Until now. The seabed of this truly special place is home to corals and other animals that create 3D-structures,…