False posts in the Philippines repeatedly shared a fabricated report that claimed the archipelago's fighter jets destroyed "300 Chinese fishing vessels" in the South China Sea in January 2024. While there have been tense standoffs between Manila and Beijing in the waterway recently, the incident described in posts did not happen, Philippine military officials told AFP. Clips of fighter jets and fishing boats shown in the posts were actually taken from unrelated news reports.
Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries is seeking to strengthen the legal framework to support the implementation of blue economy-based .
JAKARTA Indonesia has put nearly a tenth of its national waters, the sixth-largest maritime jurisdiction of any country, under some form of protection. But poor management means these protected areas haven’t been to achieve their biodiversity conservation goals, a new study says. Indonesia’s 411 marine protected areas parks, reserves and maritime conservation areas […]