Panellist:
Jamie Piyada, #Thailand
Gary Stokes, #UK
Louise Hardman, #Australia
Anuar Abdullah, #Malaysia
Mithali Dutt Kakar, #India
Hidy Yu, #Hong Kong
Synopsis:
When it comes to public health risks such as COVID-19, we may not think of the ocean as a considering factor. The health of the ocean is closely tied to our health. It may have come as a surprise to read that organisms discovered at extreme depths are used to speed up the detection of COVID-19, and probably, even more, to learn that it is the environment to could give a solution to humankind.
Microbiologists are looking into the oceans to find answers. Our ocean and coasts affect us – even those of us who don’t live near the shoreline.
COVID-19 has brought the world to a standstill. Borders lockdown, travel restrictions, staying at home policy, business abruptly forced to closure. It has been a strange time for humankind but a thriving milestone for the ocean and nature. They were reports that marine life was spotted in different parts of the world – evidently enjoying their newfound freedom! As ocean lovers, these reports bring much joy but the bigger questions that we have to address is there a decline on ocean pollution created by man and what goes beyond COVID19?
ADEX Pixel Virtual Expo brings together the league of ocean defenders to share their thoughts about their relationship and commitment to the ocean, their journey, and observation, the challenges that the ocean faced, their expectations of the Ocean’s future, and their prediction on human behavior and the ocean post – COVID19.