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In 2020, the world’s attention turned to the COVID-19 pandemic. But even as we poured all of energy and resources into tackling it, many pointed to wider issues as contributing factors. Nature and biodiversity loss. Climate change. Pollution and waste. The three planetary crises. All of which are destroying the natural world and threatening our future.
Throughout all of this upheaval and debate, we stayed largely focused on the land. This was understandable, as in all likelihood it was the erosion of wild spaces that helped to create COVID-19. But we must not forget the vast blue world of the ocean – one of the last remaining wildernesses on the planet – that is such a huge asset in maintaining human and planetary health.
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Fishing harbors on Hainan to participate in the collection of plastic waste in the ocean
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Current tourism model largely responsible for marine litter: Study
February 09, 2021
A worker operates a cleaning beach machine as he cleans the beach from the plastic waste which was brought in by the strong waves during the northwest monsoon season on February 2, in Kedonganan Beach, Bali, Indonesia - Getty Images
A worker operates a cleaning beach machine as he cleans the beach from the plastic waste which was brought in by the strong waves during the northwest monsoon season on February 2, in Kedonganan Beach, Bali, Indonesia - Getty Images×
The study carried out by the researchers from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), recommended utilizing coronavirus pandemic to right all the wrongs by keeping forth a new sustainable model for tourism