Help cover our planet in ocean sanctuaries, and call on governments to agree to a strong Global Ocean Treaty at the UN.
Our blue planet is under threat.
From climate change and plastics, to mining and overfishing - the threats facing our oceans are growing bigger and more urgent day by day.
Now we have a chance to turn things around, by putting the most vulnerable and important parts of our seas off-limits to destructive industries.
Governments are starting work on a Global Ocean Treaty. If the get it right, it'll open the door to a vast network of ocean sanctuaries, which could protect over a third of the world's seas.
Our ocean is suffering from environmental crimes. Destructive fishing practices and overfishing cause tuna stocks to decline globally. Fisherfolks face slavery and human rights abuses whilst onboard fishing fleets. The global community – both governments and civil society alike – aim to address the issue by working on a Global Ocean Treaty. As individuals, you could take action by telling governments to protect our ocean!
The global ocean faces pressures from climate change, plastic pollution, industrial fishing, seabed mining, and other human activities. These result to losses in biodiversity and natural habitat.
We need stronger and effective local and international marine biodiversity protection mechanisms, such as ocean sanctuaries. These protect areas from human activities and allow marine life and ecosystem to recover. The ocean is our common heritage. It belongs to all of us and we all have the responsibility to protect it.
From climate change to ocean acidification, overfishing and pollution, our oceans are under threat like never before. The science is clear: our oceans are in crisis. Now all we need is the political will to protect them. Governments are negotiating towards a Global Ocean Treaty at the UN that could pave the way for a network of ocean sanctuaries to protect at least a third of our oceans by 2030.
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If negotiations go right, it’ll pave the way for us to defend our oceans and make these sanctuaries happen. Your support is what we need – your signature seals it.
Greenpeace worked alongside the University of York and University of Oxford on a year-long scientific study that maps out how to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030.
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If negotiations go right, it’ll pave the way for us to defend our oceans and make these sanctuaries happen. Your support is what we need – your signature seals it.
Greenpeace worked alongside the University of York and University of Oxford on a year-long scientific study that maps out how to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030.
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