Tag page - marine environment

The Philippines has welcomed a recent advisory opinion issued by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) pertaining to the two concerns raised by a commission of small island states as its response validated the 2016 Arbitral Ruling on the South China Sea. The Department of...

China did not directly respond to allegations in a study that concluded that Chinese activities in the South China Sea have damaged at least 21,000 acres of reef in the area. Instead, China said that it just always attached "great importance to the protection of ecological environment of the Nansha...

Chinese activities in the South China Sea have greatly contributed to the damage inflicted on the marine environment in the area, with at least 21,000 acres of reef severely affected. A study conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) discovered that...