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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 …

This article is adapted from a keynote speech to G7 Ocean and Environment Ministers in Halifax, Canada, on 20 September 2018. Fighting for the ocean is one of the greatest and defining challenges of our age. Our relationship with the …

The ocean has shaped my life, from my beginnings in the outer islands of Fiji to my appointment last year as the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy for the ocean. Like millions of others before me who have taken sustenance and …

Plastic waste in the ocean is a global problem; some eight million metric tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean every year. One possible solution – paying a small amount for returned drink containers – has been consistently opposed by the beverage …