SYDNEY, Tuesday 04 March 2025 — Two years after the United Nations agreed to convey the historic International Ocean Treaty into power, Greenpeace is urging the Australian authorities to make good on its pledge for ocean safety and at last ink the treaty into regulation.
The UN treaty to guard the excessive seas was agreed two years in the past immediately in 2023. It’s a legally binding pact to preserve worldwide waters, a vital element in international efforts to guard 30% of the world’s oceans and lands by 2030. Whereas 110 nations have signed the treaty, solely 18 nations have ratified the treaty into regulation up to now.
Greenpeace Australia Pacific Senior Campaigner Georgia Whitaker stated:
“The federal government has been sitting on the International Ocean Treaty for 2 years whereas different nations quickly transfer to ratify and convey the treaty into power. We’re an ocean-loving nation, and the Australian authorities may act as a proud chief on the world stage by making good on its promise to guard the excessive seas now. Our oceans don’t have the luxurious of time – we have to ratify now, then ship protected ocean sanctuaries in our large blue yard: the Tasman Sea.”
As soon as the treaty is in power, governments can suggest ocean sanctuaries for the excessive seas. A 2023 scientific report by Greenpeace recognized the South Tasman Sea and Lord Howe Rise – the excessive seas between Australia and New Zealand – as being of important significance for defense.
Till the treaty enters into power, the administration of our international oceans may be very fragmented. There isn’t a authorized international instrument that permits for the creation of sanctuaries in worldwide waters. To this present day, lower than 1% of the excessive seas – the biggest habitat on Earth, comprising 64% of the world’s ocean – is totally or extremely protected against human actions.
The countdown is on, because the pivotal UN Ocean Convention (UNOC) will happen in Good, France, in lower than 100 days.
“UNOC is a novel likelihood for Governments to point out international management for ocean safety. Australia should use this chance and ratify the treaty earlier than arriving in Good,” added Whitaker.
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For extra data or to rearrange an interview, please contact Kimberley Bernard on +61 407 581 404 or [email protected]
Notes to Editor
Excessive res photographs and photographs of Australia’s oceans may be discovered right here
SYDNEY, Tuesday 04 March 2025 — Two years after the United Nations agreed to convey the historic International Ocean Treaty into power, Greenpeace is urging the Australian authorities to make good on its pledge for ocean safety and at last ink the treaty into regulation.
The UN treaty to guard the excessive seas was agreed two years in the past immediately in 2023. It’s a legally binding pact to preserve worldwide waters, a vital element in international efforts to guard 30% of the world’s oceans and lands by 2030. Whereas 110 nations have signed the treaty, solely 18 nations have ratified the treaty into regulation up to now.
Greenpeace Australia Pacific Senior Campaigner Georgia Whitaker stated:
“The federal government has been sitting on the International Ocean Treaty for 2 years whereas different nations quickly transfer to ratify and convey the treaty into power. We’re an ocean-loving nation, and the Australian authorities may act as a proud chief on the world stage by making good on its promise to guard the excessive seas now. Our oceans don’t have the luxurious of time – we have to ratify now, then ship protected ocean sanctuaries in our large blue yard: the Tasman Sea.”
As soon as the treaty is in power, governments can suggest ocean sanctuaries for the excessive seas. A 2023 scientific report by Greenpeace recognized the South Tasman Sea and Lord Howe Rise – the excessive seas between Australia and New Zealand – as being of important significance for defense.
Till the treaty enters into power, the administration of our international oceans may be very fragmented. There isn’t a authorized international instrument that permits for the creation of sanctuaries in worldwide waters. To this present day, lower than 1% of the excessive seas – the biggest habitat on Earth, comprising 64% of the world’s ocean – is totally or extremely protected against human actions.
The countdown is on, because the pivotal UN Ocean Convention (UNOC) will happen in Good, France, in lower than 100 days.
“UNOC is a novel likelihood for Governments to point out international management for ocean safety. Australia should use this chance and ratify the treaty earlier than arriving in Good,” added Whitaker.
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For extra data or to rearrange an interview, please contact Kimberley Bernard on +61 407 581 404 or [email protected]
Notes to Editor
Excessive res photographs and photographs of Australia’s oceans may be discovered right here
