Africa: Our Oceans Are in Trouble – How to Move Beyond the Outrage and Start Taking Real Action

Africa: Our Oceans Are in Trouble – How to Move Beyond the Outrage and Start Taking Real Action

Our oceans are in trouble. Catches from many of the world’s fisheries are declining, with some fishing practices destroying enormous areas of the sea bed. Habitat loss through coastal development threatens many coastal ecosystems including estuaries and mangroves, which are vital nurseries for many fish species. Pollution is another threat, killing animals and damaging habitats….

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Africa: Our Oceans Are in Trouble – How to Move Beyond the Outrage and Start Taking Real Action

Africa: Tinubu Calls for Collective Action to Develop Africa’s Sovereign Wealth

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for collective action and regional cooperation among African countries in developing Africa’s sovereign wealth. The president gave the charge on Monday in Abuja when he declared open the 4th Annual Meeting of the Africa Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF), hosted by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). Tinubu, who was…

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Africa: Our Oceans Are in Trouble – How to Move Beyond the Outrage and Start Taking Real Action

Africa: Ocean Action Boosted in Africa As Biodiversity Leaders Call for Urgent Synergy, Funding Reform

Nice, France — As the curtains draw on the UN Ocean Conference, a flurry of voluntary commitments and political declarations has injected fresh impetus into global efforts to conserve marine biodiversity. With the world’s oceans facing unprecedented threats, high-level biodiversity officials and negotiators are sounding the alarm and calling for renewed momentum–and funding–to deliver on…

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UN ocean conference in France calls for urgent action on marine protection

UN ocean conference in France calls for urgent action on marine protection

Delegates at the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference opened in the French city of Nice on Monday. PHOTO/Courtesy. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference opened in the French city of Nice on Monday, with leaders urging accelerated efforts to protect marine ecosystems amid growing threats from climate change, pollution and over-fishing….

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