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The French government is being sued for failing to outlaw bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas.

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The French government has been formally asked by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) and Defense des Milieux Aquatiques (DMA) to address its noncompliance with EU and French regulations pertaining to bottom trawling, one of the most damaging fishing methods. These regulations are obviously broken by allowing this practice to continue in some of France's most biodiverse and endangered marine areas. The NGOs claim that this situation puts the long-term sustainability of the fisheries in jeopardy in addition to compromising the integrity of these places. Legal action will be taken in a French court if the government fails to appropriately respond to this formal request. The request specifically targets two maritime protected areas, Chausey and Bancs des Flandres, where bottom trawling is causing habitat destruction. A major factor in the decline of marine biodiversity is bottom trawling, which is the practice of dragging weighted nets across the seabed. It unintentionally captu

Indonesian physicians in Gaza are "shocked" at the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis

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 Indonesian physicians in Gaza are "shocked" at the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis .                                                                             Source arabnews.com JAKARTA: Indonesian medical professionals on a rescue mission in Rafah report seeing the greatest suffering scenes of their lives and are astounded by the scope of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Last week, a group of eleven Indonesian physicians and surgical nurses, led by the World Health Organization, arrived in Gaza as part of an emergency deployment coordinated by the Jakarta-based Medical Emergency Rescue Committee.  In Rafah, a city on the southern tip of the Gaza Strip where over a million Palestinians have sought safety and Israel's lethal bombardment have increased, they are currently employed at several health facilities.  They are undoubtedly taken aback. The chairman of MER-C's executive committee, Sarbini Abdul Murad, told Arab News on Thursday that "these are medi