The study contains recent data on overfishing, pollution, and the projected impacts of deep-sea mining. In addition, it outlines a policy roadmap on how to declare 30 percent of the oceans protected by 2030 based on the Convention on Ocean Protection, which world leaders agreed to in March. Greenpeace Hungary In his announcement sent to MTI.
The introduction to the report was written by Callum Roberts, whose pioneering modeling methods were used in the study published by the Green Organization in 2019. 30×30: A blueprint for ocean protection.
The new analysis also contains new data on the evolution of open water fishing. Accordingly, between 2018 and 2022, the time spent fishing in open ocean waters increased by 8.5 percent, reaching nearly 8.5 million hours, and this figure is also 22.5 percent higher than previously in protected areas.
“Trends show that in reality the exact opposite of what is defined in the UNFCCC is occurring,” they warn in the report. The report also details that ocean warming, acidification and pollution are an increasing burden. On marine life. The report makes clear that politicians must act now.
“The Convention to Protect Oceans was a historic victory for nature, but as our report underscores, the threats to marine life are getting worse every day. The Convention is an effective tool for protecting our oceans, but only if governments urgently ratify and put it into action. In addition, They should designate protected areas where marine life can recover and thrive,” Chris Thorne, Greenpeace’s marine conservation campaigner, asserts in the announcement.
Greenpeace also produced a two-minute animated short film featuring actress Jane Fonda, singer Camila Cabello and actor Simon Pegg, which shows the destruction of marine life.
According to the report, less than 1 percent of the open seas are currently adequately protected, and in order to protect 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030, nearly 11 million square kilometers of marine areas will need to be protected from destruction every year.
“Protected and highly protected areas identified on the basis of the United Nations Convention for the Protection of Oceans will be a solution to the sea crisis. They emphasized that they provide a safe haven for marine life and help in the recovery of fish stocks.
Based on their environmental importance, Greenpeace proposes to declare three open marine areas as the first protected areas: the Imperial Shelf in the Pacific Northwest, the Sargasso Sea, and the Lord Howe Ridge between Australia and New Zealand.
“Maybe there are those who think that Hungary does not have a sea, so there is no reason to have a say in political decisions regarding the seas. But that is not the case at all. We owe every second breath to the oceans, because half of the oxygen is produced by small plants in the seas, which are called Phytoplankton. Sea pollution is not independent of us either. 80% of plastic waste enters the seas from within the Earth via rivers and winds. Katalin Rudix, an expert at Greenpeace, said: “The Danube River, for example, transports 4.2 tons of plastic waste to the sea.” Black every day.
In an international petition, the green organization calls on countries to immediately ratify the United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Oceans and designate protected ocean areas.
