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Are ‘Marine Protected Areas’ Helping Sri Lanka Protect Ocean Habitats?

The disastrous nurdle spill resulting from the May 2021 fire onboard the MV X-PRESS Pearl off the coast of Sri Lanka led to extensive discussions about environment protection — particularly concerning marine and coastal conservation. Unfortunately, the focus has largely been on the specific event and less on the bigger picture — the combined impact of the worsening climate crisis and ineffective resource management on Sri Lanka’s coastline.

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The Youth – A Key To The Fight Against Climate Change

With International Youth Day celebrated world over on August 12, it comes as no surprise that the theme for 2021 anchors on a very pressing and vital topic, which is ‘Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health’ with the aim of highlighting the challenges of climate change and how related efforts globally need the meaningful participation of the youth in order to be solved.

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Tackling Sri Lanka’s Nurdle Problem

The plastic pellets that continue to litter Sri Lanka’s coastlines are a bleak reminder of the fire that broke out on board the MV X-Press Pearl in late May. Although the fire has been long subdued, the resulting maritime disaster — widely perceived to be the worst Sri Lanka has ever faced — is far from over. The billions of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) pellets that the distressed vessel was transporting turned the island’s picturesque beaches, once teeming with life, into wastelands.

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