This week, coastal communities from
#Indonesia,
#Thailand, and
#Senegal each staged vibrant actions to demand protection of their homes, their environment, and culture. As fishing communities, their way of life is under threat from overfishing and climate change; and bullying from industrial developers. Communities like these are essential to keeping our oceans healthy, and ensure sustainable fisheries. Even up against constant threats, nothing will keep them down!
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1) Activists and youth organizations in Kampung Bulo, Sangihe Islands, display a banner showing "Our Seas, Our Rights" (© Stenly Pontolawokang/Greenpeace)
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2) Fish processors in Bargny, Senegal stand with empty calabash bowls made from gourds, which symbolize industrial overfishing in the seas off West Africa (© Clément Tardif / Greenpeace)
3) Chana, Thailand community activists urge the authorities to support their pl...