“The sea represents for humanity and our planet that inexhaustible source of growth both for the lives it generates and for those who live there, a natural resource that man first learned to know and then to exploit, after thousands of years e and recent industrial eras, the challenge of contemporary man thus becomes the perfect synthesis of the Environmental Policies of our Planet in terms of sustainability and ecological transition “. These are the words of Ilaria Fontana, Undersecretary of the Mite, on the occasion of the Day of the Sea.
“Every pollutant released into the environment sooner or later also reaches the sea and with it affects every corner, even the most remote, of our planet. If we think of plastics and microplastics, the many emerging pollutants, but also the increase in CO2, acidification of the oceans and the increase in levels, we recognize the centrality of the sea as the indisputable protagonist of our future “, he adds.
“We can protect the sea in all our daily behavior, a principle to keep in mind everyone. Hitting each of the 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda has direct and indirect effects on the protection of our sea, this goal recognized by numerous countries of the world therefore appear as that umpteenth step towards our ecological progress to be achieved in the shortest possible time. Today we therefore celebrate our seas and oceans reminding us to protect them because without them this planet would not be so extraordinary “, he says again.