Amelia Windsor on designing her own handbag - and why she’s started darning her clothes
‘I think Covid has laid bare a lot of the negative sides of fashion, says the model and charity campaigner
20 April 2021 • 2:48pm
Amelia Windsor has designed her own Made in London handbag
Amelia Windsor may once have been crowned ‘the most beautiful member of the royal family’, but in recent years she has been on a mission to use the fame that label has brought for good, to create change in the fashion industry.
The 25-year-old model, the granddaughter of the Duke of Kent, is a party regular for designers like Mulberry and Louis Vuitton and has become a muse for modern boho style, posting impromptu at-home shots of her wearing gingham dresses by Philosophy and tie-dye designs by Dior during lockdown.
Predatory European ships push Indian Ocean tuna to the brink
by Malavika Vyawahare on 19 April 2021
The Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock is teetering on the verge of collapse and some experts say the EU, which has profited the most from the fishery over decades, should do more to save it.
EU-controlled ships, including those flagged to smaller coastal states like Seychelles, haul in the lion’s share of Indian Ocean tuna, supplying a market worth billions of dollars.
Overfishing by these vessels, and the EU’s less-than-ambitious proposal to restore the yellowfin stock, has led to allegations of a “neo-colonial” plunder of resources that many developing nations depend on.
Sharks on a knife’s edge as Maldives mulls lifting 10-year fishing ban
Eleven years ago, the Maldives created a 90,000-square-kilometer (34,750-square-mile) sanctuary that banned shark fishing, but fisheries minister Zaha Waheed said recently that the government may be planning to lift the ban.
Conservationists say reopening shark fisheries in the Maldives would have devastating effects on shark populations and adversely affect tourism, which brings millions of dollars into the country each year.
There are unofficial reports the Maldivian government will not be lifting the shark fishing ban, possibly in response to the local and international outcry.
But a local expert says there are still grounds for concern if long-line fisheries are allowed to operate in the shark sanctuary, or if a legislative loophole is introduced that would allow shark fishing to recommence in some capacity.
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University researchers help provide a beacon of hope in quest to eradicate ghost fishing
A simple piece of technology could prove successful in reducing the amount of fishing gear lost to our oceans, according to a new report.
Lost fishing gear – also known as ‘ghost gear’ – is a major contributor to marine pollution. An estimated 700,000 metric tons of ghost gear enters the world’s oceans every year and, in some studies in specific locations, it has made up as much as 46% of marine plastic pollution.
To try and address that, the Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) established its SAFEGEAR project to analyse the scale and severity of the problem and develop an AIS beacon- to tackle it.