2024-04-16 15:16:10
A nourished Argentine delegationcomposed of members of the Atlantic Mission Foundation of the province of Chubut, of the NGOs Sin Azul No Hay Verde and Por el Mar, from the Rewilding Argentina Foundation and by the renowned photographer Nicolás Martín is participating in OUR OCEAN 2024, a global summit taking place between April 15 and 17 in the Yacht Club from the city of Athens, Greecewith the objective of protect the world’s oceans and discuss the future of the seaas, so also about the great conservation debt that exists with the oceans and the numerous threats that prevail over them.
“A healthy ocean is vital to confront the planetary crisis unleashed by global warming, pollution and the loss of biodiversity. The sea plays an essential role in regulating the climate. “70% of the planet’s surface is covered by these ecosystems that absorb carbon dioxide and heat and produce half of the oxygen we breathe.”the organizers explained, through a press release.
“By hosting the ninth Our Oceans ConferenceGreece reaffirms its commitment to the transition towards a blue economy to take advantage of a new balance between economic development (growth) and sustainabilityin addition to addressing some key challenges such as loss of biodiversity, climate change, unsustainable fishing, marine pollution (especially for plastics), and the unsustainable maritime transport“, adds the statement.
Furthermore, this ninth edition of the conference specifically addresses four crucial aspects: sustainable tourism in coastal areas and on islands, the reduction of marine pollution from plastics and micro plastic, the promotion of decarbonization and progress towards more sustainable maritime transport management and the green transition in the Mediterranean Sea.
Beyond all these topics, the Argentine delegation will seek, through and through different proposals, strive to advance legislation formats that allow protecting the Argentine Seasomething that countries like Ecuador and Mexico in the Sea of Cortez.
In fact, during the United Nations Conference on Biological Diversity (COP15) which took place in December 2022 in Montreal, Canadathe delegations of 188 participating statesamong which was Argentina, signed the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Framework for Biological Diversity (GBF, for its acronym in English) which, among many other points, includes a vast number of concrete measures that seek both stop and reverse the increasingly worrying loss of natureincluding protecting 30% of the planet and 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030.
For its part, at that world summitArgentina committed to protecting 30% of its seas by that yearalthough, according to official data, so far, Only barely 7% of our rich and extensive underwater platform is protected.
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