France, July 1 -- A sweeping ban on smoking in outdoor public spaces is expected to help stub out the scourge of cigarette butts- France's most common form of litter- from beaches, parks and bus stops... Read More
France, June 28 -- Gambian fishermen are watching their future disappear. Their catches are shrinking, their costs are climbing and their boats are increasinglyidle. Much of the fish they once relied ... Read More
France, June 13 -- Marine mammals struggling to feed their young are abandoning key habitats as underwater noise from human activity grows louder - a threat that's now been recognised by dozens of cou... Read More
France, June 12 -- Vanuatu is using this week's UN Ocean Conference in Nice to demand climate justice ahead of a landmark legal opinion from the world's top court - with climate minister Ralph Regenva... Read More
France, June 11 -- On a remote raised coral atoll in the South Pacific, the tiny island nation of Niue is quietly protecting one of the world's most ambitious marine reserves. While global leaders at ... Read More
France, June 6 -- The ocean supports food, jobs and the climate systems that keep global weather in balance - but only 8 percent of it is protected, and money to safeguard the rest is critically lacki... Read More
France, June 4 -- It is the largest habitat on Earth - and also the least explored. As world leaders prepare to meet in Nice for a major UN summit on the ocean's future, scientists say we still know r... Read More