Burmese worker Ko Htay complained of long working hours and lack of food on a Thai trawler. Workers report 20-hour shifts; some are given amphetamines to keep them going.Photo: Photograph © EJF

High seas, low deeds

Human rights at sea by Vanessa Baird.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019
Chinese People’s Republic soldiers patrol the Paracel Islands, also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan. The US asserts its military dominance via naval patrols and bases in the region.Photo: Stringer/Reuters

Who is militarizing the South China Sea?

This area is a simmering cauldron for conflict between China and its neighbours – and the US. Mark J Valencia makes sense of the situation.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019
Oceania

Oceania

For Epeli Hau’ofa, by Karlo Mila.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019
Genetically rich crabs at the Center for Marine Biotechnology in Baltimore.Photo: Cavan/Alamy

Marine gene rush

The race is on to patent all marine life – and some have got a head start. Marine scientist Robert Blasiak explains to Vanessa Baird what it means.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019
A Liberian soldier, on joint patrol with Sea Shepherd, about to board an illegal shrimper.Photo: Sea Shepherd global

How to fight illegal fishing

Can fishers, coastguards and marine activists see off the thieves from powerful nations plundering the seas of West Africa? Aïda Grovestins reports.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019

The Sea - The Facts

Living sea; Fewer fish in the sea than ever before; Acid sea; Sea of plastic; Blue economy; Future prospects?; Marine protection.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019
The mineral-rich eastern Clarion-Clipperton zone is home to diverse marine species, 90 per cent of which are new to science.Photo: Natalie Hurova/Unsplash

Deep-sea dilemma

Sea-bed mining promises many riches, but at great risk. Should we pause for thought? asks marine biologist Diva Amon.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019

Climate regulator

Without the ocean, climate change would be happening much faster.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019
The rubbish that’s visible near the surface is just part of the problem of ocean abuse – and planned future exploitation.Photo: Justin Hofman/Greenpeace

Who owns the sea?

The coming months are critical if we are going to stop the damaging free-for-all that is the current status quo and save the world’s oceans for our common future. Vanessa Baird examines the prospects.

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NI 521 - Who owns the sea? - September, 2019
Environmental campaigner Claire Nouvian.Photo: Courtesy of Goldman Environmental Prize

Making Waves

The untiring campaigner and guardian of the deep, Claire Nouvian, speaks with Veronique Mistiaen about the transformative experience that led to her choosing her path – on to eventual victory.

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NI 514 - The next financial crisis - July, 2018
Underwater meadows

Underwater meadows

Citizens are coming to the rescue of endangered seagrass meadows.

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NI 509 - What's left for the young? - January, 2018
Grouper are protected for now. But at what cost?Photo: Matthew Oldfield

Who is Palau’s marine sanctuary really for?

Is Palau's marine reserve as good as it sounds – or a route to luxury tourism?

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NI 507 - Humans vs robots - November, 2017
A fisher surveys a coral reef near a small island in Papua New Guinea where reefs are doing better than expected thanks to local management.Photo: Tane Sinclair-Taylor

‘Bright spots’ show some reefs are thriving

Scientists have discovered sites where local communities are defying expectations of global reef degradation, Cristiana Moisescu writes.

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NI 495 - Trade unions - rebuild, renew, resist - September, 2016
Reasons to be cheerful

Reasons to be cheerful

Good news from around the world this month.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
In the thick: the scene at Queen Bess Island off the Gulf of Mexico in the days following BP’s spill. Gerald Herbert / AP

That petrol emotion: BP's 'cleanup' of the Gulf of Mexico

Adam Ma’anit peers beyond the smoke and mirrors at BP’s ‘clean up’ of the Gulf of Mexico.

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NI 437 - Humans vs. Nature - November, 2010

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Who owns the sea? September, 2019
Who owns the sea? September, 2019
Who owns the sea? September, 2019
Who owns the sea? September, 2019
Who owns the sea? September, 2019
Who owns the sea? September, 2019
Who owns the sea? September, 2019
Who owns the sea? September, 2019
Who owns the sea? September, 2019
The next financial crisis July, 2018
What's left for the young? January, 2018
Humans vs robots November, 2017
Trade unions - rebuild, renew, resist September, 2016
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
Humans vs. Nature November, 2010
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