New Delhi. twenty sixth Sept 2024. Greenpeace India welcomes India’s vital step ahead in ocean conservation, because the nation formally signed the World Ocean Treaty, often known as the Excessive Seas Treaty or Settlement on Biodiversity Past Nationwide Jurisdiction (BBNJ). This milestone was achieved throughout the United Nations Common Meeting yesterday within the New York time zone.
Avinash Chanchal, Marketing campaign Supervisor at Greenpeace India mentioned: “By becoming a member of this historic effort, India has proven worldwide management for marine biodiversity conservation as this new Treaty will enable the creation of enormous protected areas on the Excessive Seas, past 200 nautical miles (or 370 kilometers) from the coastlines. Such giant sanctuaries on the Excessive Seas will help the restoration of marine life and enhance its resilience to local weather change. In return, a wholesome Ocean is important to guard the local weather, and to help the livelihoods of tens of millions of individuals within the area.”
The World Ocean Treaty, adopted in June 2023, will enter into power when no less than 60 governments have written it into their nationwide legislation and, as of right now, solely 10 international locations have accomplished the ratification course of [1].
“India now must prioritize ratification of the World Ocean Treaty and step ahead as a regional driving power to implement daring measures for biodiversity safety and local weather change mitigation”, says Avinash Chanchal.
This 12 months, India has once more suffered from excessive climate occasions inflicting too many casualties, in the meantime industrial overfishing, air pollution and local weather change impacts, resembling rising sea ranges and temperature, are dramatically affecting coastal fisheries and livelihoods. Oceans and Local weather are related and supporting each other. Our leaders want to know it and begin defending ecosystems that may greatest mitigate local weather change and safe a sustainable future for all. Defending the extensive Ocean with a World Treaty to create giant scale sanctuaries on the Excessive Seas is an efficient begin, and one inside attain.
Now could be the time to make historical past. Greenpeace India, is looking for the ratification of the World Ocean Treaty to safeguard ocean biodiversity, help local weather change mitigation and the way forward for the following generations.
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[1] Palau, Chile, Belize, Seychelles, Monaco, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Cuba, Singapore and the Maldives.
See the Excessive Seas Alliance ratification tracker: https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
Full listing on the UN web site here.
Greenpeace additionally created an interactive map the place ratification of the treaty will be monitored, together with threats on the oceans and solutions for marine protected areas.
In September 2023, Greenpeace Worldwide printed 30×30: From World Ocean Treaty to Safety at Sea. The report explores how cumulative pressures on the excessive seas are rising and units out the political course of to ship safety for the worldwide oceans.
A petition has been launched by Greenpeace South Asia to name on governments to quickly ratify the UN Ocean Treaty to create new ocean sanctuaries.Contacts:
Avinash Chanchal Kumar, Marketing campaign Supervisor at Greenpeace South Asia – India
Cellphone: +91-80-42821010
Electronic mail: [email protected]
