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London, UK (17 March 2021) A new study published in the prestigious peer-reviewed scientific journal
Nature today offers a combined solution to several of humanity s most pressing challenges. It is the most comprehensive assessment to date of where strict ocean protection can contribute to a more abundant supply of healthy seafood and provide a cheap, natural solution to address climate change in addition to protecting embattled species and habitats.
An international team of 26 authors identified
specific areas that, if protected, would safeguard over 80% of the habitats for endangered marine species, and increase fishing catches by more than eight million metric tons. The study is also the first to quantify the potential release of carbon dioxide into the ocean from trawling, a widespread fishing practice and finds that
President Joe Biden's commitment to protecting 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 ("30x30") is one of the most significant environmental commitments of his early presidency. A central focus of this long-overdue effort must be Alaska's vast, but troubled, offshore waters.
Op-Ed: Protecting 30 percent of the ocean is easier said than done 19 May 2020
[By Kong Lingyu]
Although there is no official word, it is highly likely the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15), due to be held in Kunming this October, will be pushed back to next year, as the coronavirus epidemic has forced a number of preparatory meetings to be cancelled or delayed, stalling the already slow CBD negotiations process.
The epidemic makes the future of targets for global biodiversity – including in the ocean – even more uncertain. With economies suffering, how much money will there be for marine biodiversity? But some see opportunity. Li Shuo, senior global policy advisor with Greenpeace East Asia, says recent epidemics have almost all originated in animals, and the coronavirus exposes the possible health risks that arise when the relationship between humanity and nature falls out of balance.
President Biden must protect and restore Alaska’s troubled oceans Author: Rick Steiner Published February 4
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Print article President Joe Biden’s commitment to protecting 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 (“30x30”) is one of the most significant environmental commitments of his early presidency. A central focus of this long-overdue effort must be Alaska’s vast but troubled offshore waters. Although we have a patchwork of temporary fishery management restrictions in Alaska waters, astonishingly, there are no permanent, comprehensive federal offshore marine protected areas here, such as National Marine Sanctuaries or Marine National Monuments (the inside waters of Glacier Bay National Park are a separate, unique case). The Marine Conservation Institute confirms that although half of all waters in the Pacific Islands region are “strongly protected,” none of Alaska’s waters currently receive such protection. None.