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Acid Oceans Could Deal Heavy Blow to Fishing-Dependant Nations
The Caribbean's fishing industry provides direct employment for more than 120,000 people and indirect employment opportunities for thousands of others – particularly women – in processing, marketing,...
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Grenada Braces for Impacts of Climate Change
Grenadian fishermen prepare to head out to sea. They say they have been catching less fish and their livelihoods are threatened by climate change. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPSBy Desmond BrownPALMISTE,...
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Fishing and Farming in Gaza is a Deadly Business
Gazan fishermen Ibrahim Al Quka and his brother Sami Al Quka, who had his hand shot off by the Israeli navy even though he was within Israel's restricted fishing zone. Credit: Mel FrykbergBy Mel...
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India Scores Low on Environmental Sustainability
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, India, Dec 26 2012 (IPS)Of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -development targets agreed upon by the international community, whose 2015 deadline is approaching...
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Sierra Leone’s Waters of Life
By Travis LupickFREETOWN, Dec 26 2012 (IPS)A coastal city, Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is an area where people have relied on the ocean for food and employment for as long as they have lived...
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Inside Pakistan’s Untapped Fishing Industry
Fishermen operating off the Karachi Harbour in southern Pakistan can earn up to 15,000 rupees (about 145 dollars) per month, but their income is dependent on their catch. As a result, many fisher...
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Shrinking and Darkening, the Plight of Kashmir’s Dying Lakes
Fayaz Ahmad Khanday plucks a lotus stem from Wullar Lake in India’s Kashmir. He says the fish population has fallen drastically in recent years. Credit: Umer Asif/IPSBy Umar ShahSRINAGAR, Feb 22 2017...
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“The number will never come to zero and in a few months you will see as many captive fishermen, maybe even more to fill the prison barracks,” says Mohammad Ali Shah of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum...
View ArticleBrazilian Environmental Activists Killed in Shadow of Rio+20
By Fabiana FrayssinetRIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 7 2012 (IPS) Far from the plush surroundings which hosted Rio+20, the most ambitious global conference on the environment of the past two decades, events in a...
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Climate-Battered South Asia Looks to Rio+20 Formula
Fishermen dock their boats on a thin strip of sand at Kollam, in Kerala state of south India. Credit: Max Martin/IPSBy Ranjit DevrajNEW DELHI, Aug 3 2012 (IPS) Far-flung South Asian communities, from...
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Mauritian Fishers Want EU Vessels Out of Their Seas
Lallmamode Mohamedally, a Mauritian fisher, points to a European vessel offloading its catch at the port near Les Salines, a fishing town close to the country’s capital Port Louis. Credit: Nasseem...
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Livelihoods Drying Up on Malawi’s Lake Chilwa
Malawi’s Lake Chilwa could dry up completely by next year if the low rainfall in the area continued. Credit: Claire Ngozo/IPSBy Claire NgozoLAKE CHILWA, Malawi, Aug 17 2012 (IPS) Fisherfolk and farmers...
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