EDITORIAL
SOS - Save Our Seas
- Published: 29 Jul 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
This weekend while all eyes are on London for the opening of the Summer Olympics, it may be a good time to take a short break from the tube and look east to another important international event, the 2012 World Expo in Yeosu, South Korea. The theme of the expo, which runs until Aug 12, is the protection of the world's oceans and marine ecosystems. The primary purpose is to educate the public about the deteriorating state of the world's oceans. It is hard to imagine a more relevant issue.
This weekend while all eyes are on London for the opening of the Summer Olympics, it may be a good time to take a short break from the tube and look east to another important international event, the 2012 World Expo in Yeosu, South Korea. The theme of the expo, which runs until Aug 12, is the protection of the world's oceans and marine ecosystems. The primary purpose is to educate the public about the deteriorating state of the world's oceans. It is hard to imagine a more relevant issue.
In the final two weeks of the expo the focus will shift to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Yeosu will host an international conference from Aug 11-13 to discuss UNCLOS from an Asian perspective.
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