Defend oceans

Last edited 25 February 2016 at 1:08pm

Our beautiful oceans are home to a staggering 80% of life on Earth. But destructive fishing, pollution and climate change are damaging them on a scale unimaginable to most people. Species are being driven towards extinction because of overfishing and habitat destruction. We are campaigning for marine reserves, and for an end to unsustainable fishing.

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The Good Scrub Guide and other simple ways to beat the microbead

Guest blog by Daniel Steadman of Fauna & Flora InternationalOver the past three years, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) has been collecting data on...
Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 27 June, 2016 - 14:22

In Pictures: Celebrate, it's #SharkWeek!

Every year the Discovery Channel dedicates a week to these amazing carnivorous fish. What a great opportunity to share a few of our archive pictures showing...
Posted by Angela Glienicke - 24 June, 2016 - 17:11

In Pictures: Celebrate, it's #SharkWeek!

Every year the Discovery Channel dedicates a week to these amazing carnivorous fish. What a great opportunity to share a few of our archive pictures showing...
Posted by Angela Glienicke - 24 June, 2016 - 17:11

Microbeads - the story so far….

Last Wednesday on World Oceans Day we handed our microbeads petition into Number 10. Over 300,000 of you signed the petition - one of the biggest petitions in...
Posted by Elisabeth Whitebread - 21 June, 2016 - 17:17

Microbeads - the story so far….

Last Wednesday on World Oceans Day we handed our microbeads petition into Number 10. Over 300,000 of you signed the petition - one of the biggest petitions in...
Posted by Elisabeth Whitebread - 21 June, 2016 - 17:17

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