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Marine life flies outside UN as world meets to discuss global ocean treaty
“The fate of our oceans is in the hands of everyone in these negotiations. It's no exaggeration to say that the governments meeting today are making history as we speak. It is urgent they create a strong ocean treaty which allows us to create a global network of ocean sanctuaries.”
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Our oceans’ last chance: a historic opportunity
Every second breath we take comes from the sea. Without the oceans, we cannot survive on this planet. And out there is not only water – it is a wonderful world teeming with life! The blue open waters of our global oceans are home to a diversity of wildlife, including turtles, whales, sharks and dolphins.
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How can we restore Earth’s nutrient cycles?
Humanity has already breached four of the nine ecological boundaries outlined in 2009 by Johan Rockström: climate change, loss of biodiversity, land-system change, and nutrient cycles.
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World Photography Day through the lens of Greenpeace
Photography is the best ally to an environmental movement. It is a medium that speaks volumes to cross-cultural audiences, in a language everyone understands.
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New Zealand ban on single-use plastic bags a win for people power
"It’s time for the world’s largest governments and companies to recognise that we cannot recycle our way out of this problem."
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Plastics aren’t just polluting our oceans — they’re releasing greenhouse gases
As if you needed another reason to break free from plastic there's now a link between greenhouse gases and plastic in the environment.
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Vulnerable ecosystems revealed in Antarctic seafloor dives to receive protection
"We know so little about these remote waters that there is a precautionary imperative to protect them."
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How much of Earth’s biomass is affected by humans?
To slow or reverse this erosion of biodiversity, humanity must slow its harvest of the natural biosphere and cease the destruction, depletion, and conversion of wild habitats.
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Krill fishing companies back call to protect Antarctic Ocean
"A huge movement of people globally has been joined by scientists, governments, celebrities and now even the companies fishing in the Antarctic."
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Antarctic Ambassadors
This group of artists, actors, scientists and explorers are leading the call to Protect the Antarctic.