{"id":6231,"date":"2019-08-29T20:19:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T08:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=6231"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:29:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:29:57","slug":"how-ocean-protectors-are-beating-corporate-lobbyists-at-the-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/how-ocean-protectors-are-beating-corporate-lobbyists-at-the-un\/","title":{"rendered":"How ocean protectors are beating corporate lobbyists at the UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/lite-youtube>\n

This week, governments are meeting at the UN in New York for crucial negotiations towards a Global Ocean Treaty, and the stakes couldn\u2019t be higher.<\/p>\n

This treaty is the key to winning the campaign. If the countries negotiating get it right, the treaty will finally make it possible to create huge new ocean sanctuaries where we need them most. And we know that putting important habitats off-limits to destructive industries is the best way to help sea life recover from the pressures of climate change, pollution, overfishing and other destructive industries.<\/p>\n

The talks at the United Nations headquarters in NYC are the third in a series of four rounds of negotiations, and they\u2019re the most important yet. If things go well, it\u2019ll put us on track for the strong treaty we need to put our blue planet on the road to recovery.<\/p>\n

As always, the lobbyists from destructive industries are out in force, trying to keep the current broken system going. But thanks to ocean protectors around the world, they can\u2019t do it in secret.<\/p>\n

Almost 1.8 million people have signed the petition calling on governments to get this done, and this is the moment to show them we mean it! Here\u2019s how the movement to Protect the Oceans is making a splash in NYC.<\/p>\n

We took over Times Square with whales, turtles, and a call for ocean protection.<\/p>\n

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\"'Oceans<\/p>\n

Four electronic billboards display images of threatened marine life and messages reading: \u2018Global Ocean Treaty Now!\u2019 and \u201cOcean Sanctuaries Now!\u201d in Times Square, New York. \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The entrance to the UN building where the talks happen is being guarded by a giant whale sculpture showing the threats facing our oceans.<\/p>\n

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\"Ocean-Inspired<\/p>\n

The 19 ft high sculpture of whales and turtles represents the many threats facing the oceans \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Meanwhile, inside the UN, Hollywood star and Ocean Ambassador Javier Bardem kicked off the talks with an electrifying speech to the negotiators.<\/p>\n

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Actor Javier Bardem addresses the U.N. on ocean protection https:\/\/t.co\/L8o7JAwbYy<\/a><\/p>\n

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n