#marine plastic pollution

Collection of marine plastic pollution news, found 15 news.

Norway, ASEAN cooperate in reducing marine plastic pollution

The Government of Norway launched the ASEAN-Norway Cooperation Project on Local Capacity Building for Reducing Plastic ...

Financial, infrastucture hurdles impede ASEAN's marine debris handling

Financing- and infrastructure-related problems still impede efforts of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations ...

AIS Forum

Indonesia calls for AIS Forum unity, collaboration

Indonesia, as host of the 1st High-Level Meeting of the Archipelagic and Island States (AIS) Forum, has called for ...

Archipelagic, island countries agree to make AIS Forum an organization

Leaders of the Archipelagic and Island States (AIS) Forum have agreed to make the cooperation forum an international ...

Norway lauds Banyuwangi district government in handling waste

The Norwegian government commended the commitment of the Banyuwangi district government, East Java, which is considered ...

Indonesia looks to develop tech to rid seabed of plastic

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has said that he expects Indonesia ...

TNI sailors partake in Kuta Beach's coastal clean-up drive

Sailors from the Denpasar Naval Base on Friday partook in the efforts to conduct a coastal clean-up drive on the ...

Bali's Kuta Beach cleared of 30 tons of marine litter

Residents of Badung, Bali, began the first day of 2021 on Friday by conducting a coastal clean-up drive in the Kuta ...

Corona and Parley for the Oceans partner with Stephanie Gilmore, Gabriel Medina and artists to support the ban of single-use plastic in Bali and provide households with reusable alternatives

- It is estimated that roughly 5 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year1 with as many as 10 million ...

Indonesia, America combat marine plastic waste

U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Joseph R. Donovan Jr., Senior Advisor to the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs ...

418 companies in Banten receive sanctions for environmental offences

The Tangerang Environment Agency has imposed sanctions on 418 companies in Tangerang District, Banten Province, for ...

Makassar naval base and seaport authorities clean up marine debris

The Makassar Naval Base (Lantamal VI) and the coastal city's seaport authorities have collaborated to clean up ...

Tackling plastic waste menace in Indonesia

Indonesia finds itself facing a grim reality, with the recent death of a sperm whale after ingesting almost six ...

News Focus - Saving Indonesia`s marine life by Rahmad Nasution

This week, Indonesia has been in the spotlight of the mainstream media in the country and abroad after a dead sperm ...

News Focus - Cleaning up Indonesia`s land and sea by Rahmad Nasution

Plastic waste has, since decades, undoubtedly become a major problem in Indonesia amid the government`s serious ...