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News Source: Asian Tribune
| 6 months ago
Hilary Rajakarunanayake, Editor – Sri Lanka, Asian Tribune The International Environment Organization states that by the end of this century the valuable coral reefs in Asia will be gone forever. The world has already lost over 40 per cent of the...
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News Source: Positive News Media
| 6 months ago
President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo became a star among her peers who attended the Coral Triangle Initiative Thursday in Manado, Indonesia where “she took center stage and had very good interaction with her fellow leaders in Southeast Asia who look...
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News Source: Positive News Media
| 6 months ago
Pointing out that “we have a moral obligation to ensure that the beauty and bounty of the land, air and sea remain for the rest of time,” the President then called on the CTI member countries and development partners, thus: “Let us continue...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 6 months ago
Marian Wilkinson, Environment Editor May 13, 2009 THE most spectacular stretch of coral reefs on the planet is in danger of collapse from climate change, overfishing and pollution, according to a report being presented today at the World Oceans...
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News Source: Inter Press Service
| 6 months ago
Ocean acidification offers the clearest evidence of dangers of climate change. And yet the indisputable fact that burning fossil fuels is slowly turning the oceans into an acid bath has been largely ignored by industrialised countries and their...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 6 months ago
Scientists consider it to be the marine equivalent of the Amazon rain forest, and say it is crucial for preserving life in the world's oceans...Coral Triangle is essential to humans Nancy Knowlton, a leading expert in marine life with Smithsonian...
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News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 6 months ago
The agreement, known as the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security, follows a symbolic memorandum signed earlier in the meeting by government officials from 80 countries. It calls for improved efforts to protect oceans...
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News Source: The Jakarta Post
| 6 months ago
Simamora , The Jakarta Post , Manado Fri, 05/15/2009 4:12 PM World Ocean Conference Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak insisted that implementation of coral triangle projects should be based on national priorities and in...
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News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 6 months ago
The coral triangle is an area of ocean to Australia's north that is regarded as one of the richest marine environments in the world. Seven countries have signed an agreement to work together to protect the area from the effects of overfishing,...
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News Source: Inquirer.net
| 6 months ago
Leaders from six nations agreed Friday to work jointly to save Southeast Asia's massive Coral Triangle, considered the world's richest underwater wilderness. The leaders of East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the...