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Slowing down ships in vulnerable areas could reduce negative impact on marine life
June 30, 2023

A small team of zoologists, eco-scientists and biologists at Aarhus University, in Denmark, reports that slowing down cargo ships when they move through vulnerable areas could reduce their negative impact on marine life.

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Suwarrow National Park, Cook Islands.  Credit - Cook Islands National Environment Service
Suwarrow park rangers to monitor visiting vessels
June 2, 2023

Every year the National Environment Service (NES) sends two park rangers to Suwarrow for six to eight months of the year to protect and manage the environment and wildlife of the island – a designated national park and bird sanctuary since 1978...The rangers play a key role in ensuring the

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Bulk carrier MV Quebec at anchor in Graciosa Bay in Temotu, Solomon Islands. Photograph: National Disaster Management Office/The Guardian
Solomon Islands: ship crew accused of dumping 1,000 tonnes of oil in sea
February 19, 2021

A bulk carrier ship has deliberately dumped about 1,000 tonnes of oil into the sea off the coast of the Solomon Islands, government authorities have alleged.

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