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Tag: Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center

January 10, 2023

Plastic pollution in the oceans is an equity issue, says ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-led report

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A recent report and upcoming virtual event looks at the unequal effect of marine plastics on different communities. The international report led by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Yoshitaka Ota covers topics ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on plastic pollution to a critique of Coca-Cola’s waste initiative.

June 16, 2021

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Ocean Voices program, seeking equity in ocean science, gets key approval from United Nations

Ocean Voices, a program of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-based Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center to advance equity in ocean, science has been named among the first group of actions taken in a United Nations-sponsored, decade-long program of ocean science for sustainable development. "The human relationship with oceans under modern market systems is unsustainable, unstable and inequitable," writes Yoshitaka Ota, director of the center.

Ocean Voices, a program of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center to advance equity in ocean science, has been named among the first group of actions taken in a United Nations-sponsored, decade-long program of ocean science for sustainable development.