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Does the Asian Region Care about Ocean Pollution?

Charles Goddard, Editorial Director, Economist Impact

16-Mar-22 07:30

Does the Asian Region Care about Ocean Pollution?

We think of plastic pollution when we say ocean pollution, but a recent report by the Economist Impact titled “The Invisible Wave” also highlights the problem of chemical pollution to the marine environment. How much awareness of and action on ocean preservation is there in the Asia Pacific region? Charles Goddard, Editorial Director with Economist Impact tells us more. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See, Tan Chen Li


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Categories:  environmentsocial issues

Tags:  marine preservationasia pacificoceanocean pollutionpollutionenvironmental pollutionenvironmental activismecology





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