• The ocean is in a state of emergency: the problem of marine litter is appalling, as the environmental impact of marine waste, especially plastics, has exceeded acceptable limits for possible regeneration of the oceans. • In parallel with the criminal actions that have made the sea into a global dump, there is a serious…
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Khushi Parisara organised a program to start raising awareness on the problem of marine trash, on the need of accurate policy and of ocean literacy. If in land, to protect the air, we have to reshape the traditional practice of cleaning by burning, in the ocean we have to reshape the traditional practice of disposing…
HOW KARNATAKA COASTAL COMMUNITIES CAN SOLVE THE MARINE DEBRIS ISSUE RATIONALE Bargaining the ocean means compromising basic life. Beings health, prosperity and secure climate depend on the health of ocean. To act now on the ocean’s health is to advance sustainable growth, crucial for a more inclusive and peaceful world. Now, fish is becoming…
How Karnataka coastal communities can solve marine debris issue Objectives Provide full marine literacy of coastal communities Operationalize the disposal system of fish gears Reverse the lack of national, regional and state policies on marine litter and marine literacy Speed up the implementation of Solid and Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 to prevent marine trash…
MARINE LITTER Where are we, concerning marine trash? Unfortunately we are not alone, nor in space nor in time – before us, after us, everywhere, marine trash is a huge issue and we are all liable for it. All of us. Main sources of marine litter are land based: landfills rivers and floodwaters industrial outfalls storm…