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A Looming Environmental Crisis in the South China Sea

By Abhijit Singh | August 12, 2016 | Categories: Environment, South China Sea

Of all the “strategic” challenges confronting the Asia-Pacific region, none is as underrated as the destruction of the marine ecosystem. The South China Sea’s status as a critical waterway draws attention away from the fact that littoral Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most diverse global marine bio-systems, hosting 76 percent of the world’s […]

Environmental Aggression in the South China Sea

By Jay Batongbacal | May 7, 2015 | Categories: China, Environment, South China Sea

China’s reclamation activities in the South China Sea remain a matter of grave concern for reasons that are not solely political. The radical transformation of major coral atolls in the region’s marine ecosystem affects far more than the already huge area physically occupied by China’s new islands. The biophysical impacts extend well beyond their artificial […]