Asia Pacific Report | June 8, 2017 A Pacific World Oceans Day message from Youngsolwara Pacific and MISA4thePacific As regional leaders gather in New York for the week-long United Nations oceans conference, we wish to recognise the Pacific’s storied history, as stewards of the world’s largest ocean. We acknowledge the […]
Environmental Justice Foundation | 17th of May 2017 The Environmental Justice Foundation is warning the Liberian Government that it risks undermining the country’s food security if it continues with its plan to allow industrial vessels greater access to fish in its coastal waters. Under a new Executive Order, the government […]
Published by FiskerForum, 11-01-2017 · info@fiskerforum.dk | Original article can be found here. A strongly-worded position paper published by the Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) Platform has come out firmly against Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) as an integral component of EU fisheries policies and management, which LIFE says have […]
2016 has been a long and difficult year with its many ups and downs for environmental struggles in the Republic of Cyprus. The end of 2015 was a hint of what was to follow. From November onwards, it was clear that the 30 year struggle to save Akamas, was about […]
In The Beirut Report, 23rd November 2016 Activists have put together this great new video looking at how Beirut’s natural rocky coastline has basically been stolen from the public, destroyed and turned into concrete marinas for private resorts. What’s particularly interesting about the video is that it uses maps […]
Πρωτοβουλία για τη Διάσωση των Φυσικών Ακτών Δελτίο Τύπου – Τρίτη, 25 Οκτωβρίου 2016 Άλλη μια προσπάθεια οικειοποίησης και αποξένωσης των κοινών μας αγαθών – των παραλιών, της ακτογραμμής και της θάλασσας! Την ερχόμενη Πέμπτη, 27 Οκτωβρίου 2016, η Κοινοβουλευτική Επιτροπή Εσωτερικών της Βουλής καλείται να συζητήσει μεταξύ άλλων δύο […]
Academic Paper by Mark Jackson & Veronica della Dora School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, England For the full version email the corresponding author at m.jackson{at}bristol.ac.uk Abstract This paper explores a new phenomenon which is assuming global proportions: the planning and construction of artificial […]
CONTENTS Sandcastle On an empty beach in sunlight I built my castle the wind was my architect together we sculpted soft curves from the dunes I found ribbons of seaweed sprawling like handwriting in the tideline of debris washed from the sea of knowledge with these I garlanded the […]
Interesting article on The Guardian about some of the historical aspects of fishing in the UK In the halcyon days of the 1950s, Fish Dock Road in Grimsby was so frantic that workers recall struggling to cross the crowded street. Back then, Grimsby hosted the world’s biggest fishing fleet; its […]
Posted Monday 4th July, 2016, In the HuckMagazine. Text by Laurence Cornet; Photography © Feature image: Houssam-Mchaimech. All others: Bryan Denton Through a series of interactive performance pieces, art collective Dictaphone Group is fighting for the one thing Lebanon is lacking: public space. At a corner of Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square, […]