{"id":15130,"date":"2018-09-26T08:22:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T08:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cibjo.org\/?p=15130"},"modified":"2018-09-26T10:44:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T10:44:51","slug":"cibjo-releases-ethics-commission-special-report-focuses-on-impact-and-implications-of-revised-ftc-guides-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cibjo.org\/rstoolkit\/cibjo-releases-ethics-commission-special-report-focuses-on-impact-and-implications-of-revised-ftc-guides-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CIBJO releases Pearl Commission Special Report, focuses on industry\u2019s commitment to marine sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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September 26, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

With fewer than three weeks to go to the opening of the 2018 CIBJO Congress in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, on October 15, 2018, the seventh of the CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Pearl Commission, headed by Kenneth Scarratt, it focuses on the growing commitment of pearl farmers from around the world to set the golden standard for sustainability in a marine environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cMankind\u2019s impact on the earth\u2019s environment is not simply related to saving the elephants, lions and the rhinoceros, or wild orchids, while these have great urgency. But they are no greater than the significant issues surrounding how we control the massive volume of rubbish generated globally that enters our oceans and seas,\u201d wrote Mr. Scarratt.<\/p>\n

Surveying a list of ongoing projects from the Philippines to Australia, the Indonesian archipelago to West Papua, and Fiji to Bahrain, Mr. Scarratt describes a community whose long-term livelihood is dependent on its ability to maintain a pristine ocean environment, and to provide economic opportunity to the far-flung indigenous communities where pearling is carried out.<\/p>\n

\u201cPearl farming has often been described as ecological aquaculture,\u201d notes Mr. Scarratt, quoting the Blue Pledge, a new initiative that aims to unite pearl farmers who actionably seek to contribute to the health of the oceans and the global climate. \u201cPearl oysters are filter feeders that require pristine water conditions in order to produce high-quality pearls. They are also recognised as an indicator species, meaning that any decline in water quality has a direct impact on oyster health, pearl quality, and oyster mortality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThus, while the world around us appears to be desperately struggling with man\u2019s ineptitudes, let us take comfort in the fact that our pearling community can stand proudly as shining examples to the rest of humanity,\u201d Mr. Scarratt writes.<\/p>\n

To download a full copy of the CIBJO Pearl Commission\u2019s special report, PLEASE CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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