2024-04-11 22:22:41
The platform Not in the Copa America y Ecologists in Action have regretted that in the Ocean Decade Conferencewhich is being held this week in Barcelona, ”no space is offered to critical and dissident perspectives with the dominant approaches of the blue economy.”
In a statement they have criticized the fact that critical sectors focused on the “decrease in all industries that impact the marine environment” are not given a voice, since they consider it to be a fundamental vision for the future of seas and lands.
A great opportunity for the green washing of its organizing entity, the Barcelona Capital Nàutica Foundation
They demand to move towards a relationship with the oceans with the blue decrementthat is, reduce the human impact on the marine environment.
The organizations have recalled the current context of climate change, drought and loss of biodiversity, “while in international summits terms such as ‘blue growth’ or ‘blue economy’ are illusory and diffuse and continue being at the center of the discussions”.
They have also criticized that ““there is practically no representation of local minority groups or grassroots activism” in the conference.
Finally, they have pointed out that this event “represents a great opportunity for the greenwashing of its organizing entity, the Fundació Barcelona Capital Nàutica”, and have called for moving towards a relationship with the oceans with the blue decrementthat is, reduce the human impact on the marine environment.
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