Tag Archives: ocean

For the first time, environmental concerns are the top five global risks in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report. The health of the ocean – or lack of it – is everywhere. 2019 was the hottest year ever recorded for …

What if I showed you evidence suggesting the global supply of beef, chicken or pork could collapse over the coming decades? You might well panic at the thought. This threat, while not eminent for land-based animals, is very real for …

Sustainable Development Goal 14.6 is the UN’s clarion call for harmful fisheries subsidies to be prohibited by 2020, a task of global importance assigned to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Specifically, SDG14.6 says: “‘[B]y 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies …

A nationwide campaign of Bahria University to promote blue economy And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat and to extract from it ornaments which you wear. And you see the ships …

Beachcombing has long been a part of life for island communities. On the southwestern edge of Scarp, a small, treeless island off the coast of Harris in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, the Mol Mòr (“big beach”) was where locals went to …

Is our planet approaching a climate change cliff edge? Across the world, from the forests to the oceans, the consequences of humanity’s activities are being felt – and the effects could be catastrophic. Here are four key climate emergencies happening …

A nationwide campaign of Bahria University to promote Blue Economy Blue Economy identifies the water bodies as main drivers of the economic progress with great impending for novelty and growth. According to the World Bank, the blue economy is the …

A nationwide campaign of Bahria University to promote Blue Economy Shipping logistics represents a person or company who contracts to transport cargo from the port or place of discharge of a sea-going or ocean-going ship to another destination by a …

A team of researchers in the United States and Australia led by Jenna Jambeck, an environmental engineer at the University of Georgia, analyzed plastic waste levels in the world’s oceans. They found that China and Indonesia are the top sources …

Nationwide campaign of Bahria University to promote Blue Economy Economists hold that trade deficit in the long run can drag-down economic growth of any country. As globalization provides countless opportunities for international trade meanwhile numerous commercial and political risk are …

Nationwide Campaign of Bahria University Karachi (Dept of H&SS) to spread awareness about Blue Economy The idea of Blue Economy recognizes the sustainable use of ocean and coastal resources for economic growth, improved livelihood and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health. …

Over the past decade, the Arctic Council (AC) has evolved into the pre-eminent international forum for addressing Arctic issues. Among other things, it now boasts a permanent Secretariat and an Indigenous Peoples Secretariat. It has also helped establish a number …