Environment

Tackling marine pollution: Individual action, key to ocean restoration

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One of the biggest threats to our oceans is man-made pollution.

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World Bank Approves US$20 Million Regional Grant for ASEAN to Combat Marine Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia

The World Bank will support ASEAN Member States to reduce marine plastic pollution with a US$20 million grant for the Southeast Asia Regional Program on Combating Marine Plastics (SEA-MaP), approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors, on...

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UNICEF provides emergency relief as 1.6 million children stranded by floods in Bangladesh

Four million people, including 1.6 million children, stranded by flash floods in north-eastern Bangladesh are in urgent need of help. UNICEF is on the ground to protect children and to deliver emergency water and health supplies.

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Madagascar: $220 Million to Improve Basic Water and Sanitation Services and Supply

The Government of Madagascar and the World Bank signed the recently approved $220 million National Water Project. The project seeks to increase access to water services in the Greater Antananarivo area and selected secondary towns, and to improve the...

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