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Dec 05, 2024Communities for Fisheries issue brief: January to June 2024 project updateRead
The European Union-funded Communities for Fisheries project aims to create skilled, capable and effective community co-management associations (CMAs) to secure legal and sustainable fisheries in Liberia. This brief summarises the project’s activities during the first half of Year Five, January to June 2024.
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Dec 02, 2024Decision to extend Global Plastics Treaty negotiations is better than compromise to address crisis, says Environmental Justice FoundationRead
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Dec 02, 2024Press Comment: a victory for the ocean – Norway’s SV party triumph against Arctic deep-sea miningRead
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Nov 28, 2024Global Charter for Fisheries TransparencyRead
The Global Charter comprises ten holistic, no-cost to low-cost measures for greater transparency in the global fishing sector to enable sustainable, legal, and ethical fisheries. These are practical steps which any state can take to ensure that fish and seafood are not associated with illegal fishing or human rights abuses.
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Nov 25, 2024Our health and our planet need urgent progress at this week’s Global Plastics Treaty talks, says Environmental Justice FoundationRead
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Executive Summaries
Nov 25, 2024Net Free SeasRead
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Campaign Stories
Nov 25, 2024Reducing plastic pollutionRead
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Nov 21, 2024Prioritise coastal and marine ecosystems in the fight against the climate crisis at COP29, say leading environmental organisationsRead
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Films
Nov 20, 2024Ola Elvestuen: "We need a moratorium in international waters and in Norway"Read
Ola Elvestuen: "We need a moratorium in international waters and in Norway"
“Deep-sea mining will have a graver impact than the Norwegian government realises today”. Norway must not go ahead with deep-sea mining, says Ola Elvestuen MP.
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Films
Nov 20, 2024Astrid Puentes Riaño: deep-sea mining will perpetuate systematic inequalitiesRead
Astrid Puentes Riaño: deep-sea mining will perpetuate systematic inequalities
Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment, speaks on how deep-sea mining would perpetuate systemic inequalities. She says that instead, we have to think about how to repair and restore all ecosystems, including coastal ecosystems and oceans, instead of increasing the damages that humanity already has done.
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Nov 19, 2024EU Council approves Forced Labour Regulation, EJF calls for robust implementationRead
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Films
Nov 18, 2024Radio DadaabRead
Radio Dadaab
This report tells the stories of those on the frontlines of the climate crisis in Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya. These stories highlight the devastating impacts of the drought in the Horn of Africa and the link between global heating and forced displacement.
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Nov 18, 2024Dadaab's silent crisis: an international call for climate justiceRead
This report tells the stories of those on the frontlines of the climate crisis in Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya. These stories highlight the devastating impacts of the drought in the Horn of Africa and the link between global heating and forced displacement.
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Nov 18, 2024Somali climate refugees in Dadaab Refugee Camp hit by new wave of climate disasters, new EJF report revealsRead
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Nov 13, 2024« Les murs de la mort » : La pêche illicite au filet dérivant en MéditerranéeRead
Les filets dérivants sont une méthode de pêche indiscriminée consistant en des filets pouvant mesurer des dizaines de kilomètres, suspendus verticalement dans la colonne d'eau. Cette enquête a porté sur l'utilisation illégale et généralisée de filets dérivants par des navires marocains dans la mer d'Alboran, un point chaud de la biodiversité méditerranéenne.
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Nov 13, 2024Press release: Systemic illegal driftnet fishing in Moroccan waters revealed by new investigationRead
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Nov 13, 2024«Cortinas de la muerte» : Pesca ilegal con redes de deriva en el MediterráneoRead
Las redes de deriva son un método de pesca indiscriminado que consiste en redes que pueden medir decenas de kilómetros, suspendidas verticalmente en la columna de agua. Esta investigación examinó el extendido uso ilegal de redes de deriva por parte de buques marroquíes en el mar de Alborán, un punto caliente de la biodiversidad mediterránea.
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Nov 12, 2024‘Walls of death’: illegal driftnetting in the MediterraneanRead
Driftnets are an indiscriminate fishing method consisting of nets which can measure tens of kilometres, suspended vertically in the water column. This investigation examined the widespread illegal use of driftnets by Moroccan vessels in the Alboran Sea, a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot.
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Nov 12, 2024New UK climate commitment “puts the country back on a path towards real climate leadership”, says Environmental Justice FoundationRead
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Nov 11, 2024Sustainability through transparency: the case for remote electronic monitoring in Mediterranean fisheriesRead
Remote electronic monitoring (REM) and human observers can strengthen transparency and provide critical data needed for the sustainable management of fisheries and the safeguarding of ocean wildlife in the Mediterranean.
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Nov 11, 2024COP29 begins as fossil fuel companies make billions while plight of climate refugees worsens: EJF calls for justice at climate talksRead
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Nov 08, 2024Bottle Free Seas: ‘Refill’ to reduce single-use plastic bottles in ThailandRead
The Bottle Free Seas project, initiated by EJF and funded by the Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fund, is dedicated to reducing the use of single-use water bottles. We have achieved this through the installation and promotion of water refill infrastructure in Bangkok. This report outlines lessons learned and how the initiative can be replicated.
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Nov 06, 2024Inside Cameroon's waters: IUU fishing and labour rights abuses in Cameroon’s industrial fishing sectorRead
Cameroonian fisheries face multiple threats, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, which remains a tragic reality and negatively impacts marine and coastal ecosystems and the people who depend on them.
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Nov 05, 2024Key EU fisheries stakeholders call for a deep-sea mining moratorium as Norway prepares first licensing roundRead
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Nov 01, 2024Comentario de prensa: las inundaciones en España vuelven a demostrar la urgente necesidad de una acción climáticaRead
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Nov 01, 2024Press comment: floods in Spain demonstrate again the urgent need for climate actionRead
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Oct 28, 2024ลดอย่างไรให้ยั่งยืน ผลกระทบของการผลิต และบริโภคพลาสติกของประเทศไทย และฉากทัศน์ในการแก้ไขปัญหาRead
การผลิตพลาสติกของประเทศไทยในปัจจุบันอยู่ในระดับที่ไม่ยั่งยืน รายงานฉบับนี้นำเสนอฉากทัศน์การลดการผลิตพลาสติกที่สังคมไทยมีโอกาสบรรลุได้ โดยมีเป้าหมายนำเสนอข้อมูลที่จะเป็นประโยชน์ต่อรัฐบาลไทยในการเจรจาเพื่อจัดตั้งสนธิสัญญาพลาสติกโลกที่กำลังจะเกิดขึ้น
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Oct 28, 2024Room for Reduction: Towards sustainable production and consumption of plastics in ThailandRead
Thailand’s current levels of plastic production and consumption are unsustainable. This policy brief details how sustainable plastic production and consumption could be achieved in Thailand, to inform the Royal Thai Government's engagement at upcoming plastics talks.
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Oct 25, 2024DE LA COSTA AL FONDO DEL MAR: CÓMO ESPAÑA PUEDE LIDERAR EN LA PROTECCIÓN DEL OCÉANORead
España, como país con una extensa industria pesquera y una población costera considerable, se encuentra en una posición única para dar ejemplo traduciendo sus compromisos nacionales, europeos e internacionales en esfuerzos concretos de conservación. La adopción de políticas oceánicas sólidas y la implementación de medidas efectivas pueden consolidar el liderazgo de España en la protección y gestión sostenible de los océanos.
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Campaign Stories
Oct 22, 2024Defending marine wildlife in EuropeRead
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News & Media
Oct 22, 2024Environmental Justice Foundation et Défense des Milieux Aquatiques mettent le gouvernement français en demeure d’agir pour interdire le chalutage de fond dans les aires marines protégéesRead
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Oct 22, 2024Environmental Justice Foundation and Défense des Milieux Aquatiques initiate legal action against French government for not prohibiting bottom trawling in marine protected areasRead
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Oct 15, 2024Zukunft sichern: Klimaschutz für ein modernes Land – Forderungen zur Bundestagswahl 2025Read
Das Positionspapier zur Bundestagswahl 2025 soll sicherstellen, dass die Fortschritte beim Klimaschutz aus der aktuellen Legislaturperiode weitergeführt und beschleunigt werden und genug Geld für Klimaschutzmaßnahmen bereitsteht.
Es gibt die Sorge, dass mit einer neuen deutschen Bundesregierung Rückschritte gemacht werden könnten. Das Positionspapier legt dar, warum es im Interesse von Bürger*innen in Deutschland sowie für Menschen weltweit liegt, dass dies nicht passiert.
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Oct 15, 2024Jaguar named after Gisele Bündchen amidst catastrophic fires in the Brazilian PantanalRead
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Oct 10, 2024EU Commission's Reply to NGOs' Concerns about DSMRead
The EU will continue to advocate for prohibiting deep-sea mining until these scientific gaps are properly filled
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Oct 10, 2024EU Commission reaffirms stance against deep-sea mining in favour of marine protectionRead
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Oct 10, 2024Protecting our Oceans by Enforcing EU Nature LawsRead
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Oct 10, 2024Mettre en œuvre le droit pour protéger nos océansRead
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Sep 30, 2024Uncovered: China – Seafood SuperpowerRead
To stop imports from Chinese-owned seafood companies engaging in slavery and illegal, unreported & unregulated fishing, transparency and strict import control are critical. As the biggest seafood market in the world - importing over 60% of its consumption - the EU must block entry of all abuse-tainted products and profits.
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Sep 27, 2024Permettre aux communautés côtières de prendre le contrôle de leurs ressources marines : EJF lance une boîte à outils financée par l'UE pour une pêche durableRead