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"Sustainable fisheries, leaving the sea for future generations"

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in the early 1990s The catch of cod, the 'national fish' in Europe and North America, has begun to drop sharply. The Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, which was one of the world's largest fishing grounds in Daegu, saw its resources plunge due to overfishing, and in 1992, the Canadian government put the brakes on Daegu's fishing operations. In New England, the cod was also a symbolic fish. New England, where the port developed, used to be the place where more than 1,000 tons of seafood came into the port, but the fisheries industry collapsed after the 1990s. "In the early 1990s, overfishing and poor catch management were the starting point for the depletion of fisheries resources," Dick Jones, CEO of Ocean Outcoms, explained at a sustainable fisheries forum on the 22nd. Daegu prices soared after the devastation of the Grand Banks fishing grounds disrupted the supply of marine products. The price of cod in Britain, which stood at $84 per ton in 1992, soared t...

Food-threatening 'water stress'...WRI "Korea, High-Risks Country

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March 22 was the United Nations' World Day for Water, and this year's "Water and Climate Change" was chosen as the key theme. With industrial growth and population growth, we are increasingly demanding water, but climate change, water waste and water pollution caused by this are threatening water around the world. Water security has emerged as an international issue, with experts saying that the possibility of a water war is much greater than the possibility of a nuclear war in the future. "Water stress is emerging as a form of international conflict and is threatening human food," warned Andrew Steer, head of the World Resources Institute. Korea is no exception. Korea is a food security crisis. The grain self-sufficiency rate is only 23 percent (average between 2015 and 2017 and the Korea Rural Economic Institute), ranking last among OECD members. At the same time, South Korea is the country that pointed to its high "water stress" index in a docum...

Thinking about the packaging and the environment.

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The "ethical consumption" trend is also spreading in the food industry. It's not just eating and drinking. Consumers are also choosing more eco-friendly products for food packaging. Inova Market Insight and Mintel, global food and beverage market research firms, cited eco-friendly packages as one of the 2019 food and beverage trends. More sustainably, the use of environmentally-produced packaging containers minimizes environmental pollution, restores soil health, and emphasizes ecological circulation. "In the past, carbon dioxide emissions have been emphasized in packaging, but biodegradability and soil decomposition have been emphasized in the past two to three years," said Choi Jeong-Kwan, CEO of Inobamaket Insight Korea office. The global food industry is already in the midst of a zero-plastic movement. In October last year, the EU passed a bill banning the use of several disposable plastics from 2021 to cotton swabs, plastic straws, and forks. With European ...

environment day!!

Hello!! It's been a long time since I came back. I've been preparing for college entrance, taking HSK, and IELTS. This Saturday, I'm participating in the leadership camp hosted by HOBY!! I'll try to upload it after I get back. (It's a two-day camp that Seoul City is applying for, and three of the participants will be given permission to participate in the WLC and scholarships!!) By the way, I became a goodwill ambassador for Seoul!! It's been a long time since I left a post, so I'm really bad Anyway. Did you know that today is World Environment Day? In June 1972, the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden, was established by the international community, pledging joint efforts to preserve the global environment. Now the whole world is living with a lot of problems, such as the U.S. Anti-Discrimination Demonstration (BLM), the Corona Virus, etc., and I want you to think again that the Earth's environment is being destroyed and ...