Photo via jenny downing Written By Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) The epic voyage of Plastiki is bringing into sharp focus the inordinate environmental and economic impact humanity is having on the oceans and seas. While the focus is solid waste, and especially plastic marine litter, the expedition also underlines the myriad of other, sometimes invisible, factors that are accelerating the degradation and decline of fisheries to coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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