Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Wednesday urged the global community to strengthen partnerships and cross-sector collaboration to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 14 on oceans.

"Only collective action can safeguard marine resources for future generations," she said.

The adviser made the remarks while virtually addressing a plenary session of the Ocean Decade Fifth Foundations Dialogue - High-Level Roundtable with Ambassadors, Experts, and Practitioners on "Driving Ocean Leadership and Innovation: Advancing Governance, Blue Economy, and Marine Science to Achieve 30x30", held in Tokyo, Japan.

Rizwana Hasan cautioned about pressing environmental threats as Bangladesh, ranked ninth globally in plastic pollu...