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Although as of June 1, 2020, Solomon Islands had no coronavirus cases, there was a national economic recession plus restrictions on people’s movement, gatherings, education and business activities. For rural areas, two of the biggest changes have been increased circulation of people..
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This year’s theme of World Oceans Day, Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean was at the center of the Virtual Ocean Dialogues from 1-5 June with the World Economic Forum and Friends of Ocean Action. The aim was to keep the momentum for an urgent and ambitious global ocean agenda to build back better in the context of the major disruption we are all facing in the new COVID-19 world.
The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates powerfully and directly the degree to which globalization has created a world of interconnection. We are all struggling with the effects of the virus, but how well we are buffered in our struggles against those impacts
Following first case detections at the end of March, Myanmar instituted stay-at-home orders, curfews, bans on public gatherings, and closures of public events, entertainment venues, restaurants, and religious institutions on April 9th. It was recently announced that most measures would be extended until May 15th.
More than 25 million residents in Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun states were put under federal lockdown on March 30th which was later extended to April 14th. Other states were put under partial-lockdown and introduced their own restrictions including a ban on large gatherings and events.
WorldFish leads the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-food Systems (FISH), which focuses on improving the productivity of fisheries and aquaculture to reduce poverty and improve food and nutrition security.
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