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Marine protection finally on agenda
News, Published on 20/10/2013
» Most people don't give much though to what's happening at the "bottom of the world", but fortunately for all of us an international grouping called the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), comprising 24 nations plus the European Union, is concerned with protecting the pristine waters of the Antarctic's Ross Sea. The group is meeting in Hobart, Australia, this week to hopefully finalise approval of what will be the largest stretch of protected ocean in the world at 1.34 million sq km.
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Nice base, a shame about the submarines
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/10/2013
» Last weekend, it was announced that a spanking new submarine base would open at Sattahip next March. This is wonderful news and would be even more wonderful if Thailand actually had any submarines. Still, it is a step in the right direction for a navy that hasn't had an operational sub since 1951.
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Waste not, Want not
News, Published on 20/10/2013
» Every year, we waste or lose 1.3 billion tonnes of food _ one-third of the world's annual food production. The sheer scale of the number makes it almost impossible to grasp, no matter how one approaches it. Try to imagine 143,000 Eiffel Towers stacked one on top of another.
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The politics of 'Som-tam-pla-ra'
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/10/2013
» Morality, legality and democracy, these are the things tribal minions get stuck on, actually believing that they are what the political struggle over the past eight years has been all about.
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