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An ocean conservation organisation established in Asia 4 Asia to tackle the issues we face around the region.
Overview
Location
China, Hong Kong
Employees
1-10
Founded date
2019
Mentions in press and media 9
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| Dec 14, 2021 | Unmasking the pandemic's impact on plastics waste management across South Asia | Do you have your mask? This question has become ubiquitous in life. Undoubtedly, masks save lives. Yet, their disposal has become a common waste management problem across South Asia. Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, South Asia was already ... |
| Apr 19, 2021 | Australian Start-up, Voka, addressing the impacts of disposable Covid mask pollution | Disposable Mask polluting beaches thanks to COVID pandemic Australian start-up develops high wear reusable mask & supports Ocean Conservancy as oceans flooded with 1.56 billion face masks in 2020. Past News ReleasesRSS WASHINGTON (PRWEB... |
| Aug 11, 2020 | Galápagos: The Reality Of Our Insatiable Demand For Seafood | 2 2 Shares 12 Mins Read This article is republished with permission from OceansAsia, a Hong Kong-based nonprofit organisation dedicated to ocean conservation and exposing wildlife crimes and activities that are polluting our marine ecosyste... |
| Jun 17, 2020 | Ocean Park Dreams: How The Hong Kong Tourist Attraction Fuels The Taiji Trade Supplying China’s Dolphinariums | 1 1 Share 7 Mins Read Between September and March every year, fishermen in the Japan’s small coastal town of Taiji go on a gruesome hunt for dolphins. Famously depicted in the documentary film The Cove, the so-called Taiji dolphin hunters l... |
| Jun 8, 2020 | [COVID-19 Update] Ocean Floor Now Has 'More Masks Than Jellyfish" as Coronavirus Trash Piles Up | CJ Robles, Tech Times 08 June 2020, 08:06 pm Single-use face masks and gloves are washing up on shorelines and on the ocean floor. Ocean conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic has polluted the ocean as these small person... |
| Jun 2, 2020 | Plastic Pollution: OceansAsia Founder Says Public Should Phase-Out Single-Use Masks Where Possible | 18 18 Shares 6 Mins Read In late February, Hong Kong-based environmental NGO OceansAsia revealed the devastation left behind by littered disposable face masks. A few months on, we catch up with Gary Stokes, the founder and director of the o... |
| Mar 18, 2020 | New Fund To Support Hong Kong Recyclers During Coronavirus Pandemic | 2 2 Shares 3 Mins Read As a part of the Hong Kong government’s Anti-epidemic Scheme to help the city cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, a new programme will be launched to provide financial support for recyclers. An estimated... |
| Mar 3, 2020 | Face Masks Polluting Hong Kong Beaches & Hills Since Coronavirus | 714 1 715 Shares 3 Mins Read As the current coronavirus epidemic lingers, many Hong Kong citizens and residents are taking precautions to protect themselves by wearing a surgical face mask in public. However, environmental groups in Hong Ko... |
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FAQ about OceansAsia
When was OceansAsia founded?
OceansAsia was founded in 2019.
What has the press written about OceansAsia?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning OceansAsia, among them “Unmasking the pandemic's impact on plastics waste management across South Asia” (Dec 14, 2021) and “Australian Start-up, Voka, addressing the impacts of disposable Covid mask pollution” (Apr 19, 2021).
Is OceansAsia still active?
Yes, OceansAsia is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 14, 2021.