{"id":60435,"date":"2023-06-23T22:45:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T20:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=60435"},"modified":"2023-06-26T11:37:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T09:37:01","slug":"antarctic-ocean-commission-fails-again-agree-action-plan-ocean-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/60435\/antarctic-ocean-commission-fails-again-agree-action-plan-ocean-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Antarctic Ocean Commission fails again to agree action plan on ocean protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santiago, Chile – <\/strong>The Antarctic Ocean Commission has once again failed to find a path forwards to protect the Antarctic\u2019s waters. The Commission met this week for a special intersessional meeting, only the third in the Commission\u2019s 41 year history, in an attempt to break the deadlock on delivering Antarctic ocean sanctuaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

The Commission has promised to create a network of ocean sanctuaries in the Antarctic, but attempts have been repeatedly blocked by a small number of members because of the Commission\u2019s reliance on consensus-based decision making. This allows a single member state to block all progress.<\/p>\n\n

Chris Thorne, Greenpeace\u2019s Protect the Oceans campaign said:<\/strong> \u201cAntarctic Ocean Commission members had a chance this week to finally make progress towards protecting the Antarctic, and make a major contribution towards protecting 30% of the oceans by 2030. They failed to reach consensus once again.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe Commission’s system of consensus decision making is fundamentally broken. But decisions under the Global Ocean Treaty, which was adopted this week at the United Nations, allows voting on decisions. This gives us hope, but something must change for the Commission to fulfil its responsibility of protecting the Antarctic\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWith less than seven years until 2030, the time window left for us to act is shrinking. The Global Ocean Treaty will enable the creation of ocean sanctuaries on the high seas and shows that ocean protection is possible. We all rely on healthy oceans. Governments must ratify the Treaty by the UN Ocean Conference in 2025 and protect at least 30% of the oceans by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

The meeting failed to agree on a roadmap to progress Antarctic ocean sanctuaries, the original objective of this meeting. Due to two members\u2019 lack of willingness to compromise,, the Commission could not even commit to eventually establish a network of marine protected areas. <\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace calls for urgent actions including high level political engagement to break the longstanding deadlock in the Antarctic Ocean Commission on ocean sanctuaries. Governments must also urgently ratify the Global Ocean Treaty by the UN Ocean Conference in 2025. <\/p>\n\n

ENDS<\/p>\n\n

Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

James Hanson: james.hanson@greenpeace.org<\/a>, +44 7801 212 994<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace International Press Desk: pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org<\/a>, +31 (0) 20 718 2470 (available 24 hours)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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