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    The document discusses the importance of conserving and sustainably using the world's oceans. Oceans are crucial for regulating the climate system and supporting billions of people and economies, but face many threats like overexploitation, pollution, and climate change. International cooperation is needed to strengthen protections for marine habitats and fisheries to ensure long-term sustainability and livelihoods. Individual actions like reducing plastic use and choosing sustainable seafood can also help safeguard oceans.

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    The document discusses the importance of conserving and sustainably using the world's oceans. Oceans are crucial for regulating the climate system and supporting billions of people and economies, but face many threats like overexploitation, pollution, and climate change. International cooperation is needed to strengthen protections for marine habitats and fisheries to ensure long-term sustainability and livelihoods. Individual actions like reducing plastic use and choosing sustainable seafood can also help safeguard oceans.

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    The document discusses the importance of conserving and sustainably using the world's oceans. Oceans are crucial for regulating the climate system and supporting billions of people and economies, but face many threats like overexploitation, pollution, and climate change. International cooperation is needed to strengthen protections for marine habitats and fisheries to ensure long-term sustainability and livelihoods. Individual actions like reducing plastic use and choosing sustainable seafood can also help safeguard oceans.

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    LIFE BELOW WATER:

    WHY IT MATTERS Over


    What’s the goal here? exploitation have led to an
    alarming level of degra-
    3 billion
    To conserve and sustain-
    ably use the world’s ocean,
    seas and marine resources.
    dation. Current efforts to
    protect key marine envi-
    ronments and small-scale
    people
    Why?
    fisheries, and to invest depend on
    in ocean science are not
    Oceans are our planet’s yet meeting the urgent marine and
    life support and regulate need to safeguard this
    the global climate sys- vast, yet fragile, resource. coastal
    biodiversity
    tem. They are the world’s The drastic reduction in
    largest ecosystem, home human activity brought
    to nearly a million known about by the COVID-
    species and containing
    vast untapped potential for
    19 crisis, while rooted in
    tragedy, is a chance for
    for their
    scientific discovery. Oceans
    and fisheries continue to
    oceans to recuperate. It
    is also an opportunity to
    livelihood
    support the global popu- chart a sustainable recov-
    lation’s economic, social ery path that will ensure
    and environmental needs. livelihoods for decades
    Despite the critical impor- to come in harmony with
    tance of conserving oceans, the natural environment.
    decades of irresponsible
    So what’s the problem? Unless carefully man- protect vulnerable hab-
    aged, tourism can pose a itats. Establishing com-
    The ocean absorbs around major threat to the nat- prehensive, effective and
    23 per cent of annual CO2 ural resources on which equitably managed sys-
    emissions generated by it depends, and to local tems of
    human activity and helps culture and industry. government-protected
    mitigate the impacts of areas should be pur-
    climate change. The ocean How is the ocean sued to conserve bio-
    has also absorbed more connected to our health? diversity and ensure a
    than 90% of the excess sustainable future for
    heat in the climate system. The health of the ocean
    the fishing industry.
    Ocean heat is at record is intimately tied to our
    levels, causing wide- health. According to On a local level, we should
    spread marine heatwaves, UNESCO, the ocean can make ocean-friendly
    threatening its rich eco- be an ally against COVID- choices when buying prod-
    systems and killing coral 19 – bacteria found in the ucts or eating food derived
    reefs around the world. depths of the ocean are from oceans and con-
    used to carry out rapid sume only what we need.
    Increasing levels of debris testing to detect the Selecting certified products
    in the world’s oceans are presence of COVID-19. is a good place to start.
    also having a major envi- And the diversity of spe-
    ronmental and economic We should eliminate
    cies found in the ocean
    impact. Every year, an esti- plastic usage as much
    offers great promise
    mated 5 to 12 million metric as possible and orga-
    for pharmaceuticals.
    tonnes of plastic enters the nize beach clean-ups.
    ocean, costing roughly $13 Furthermore, marine fish-
    Most importantly, we
    billion per year – including eries provide 57 million
    can spread the message
    clean-up costs and financial jobs globally and pro-
    about how important
    losses in fisheries and other vide the primary source
    marine life is and why
    industries. About 89% of of protein to over 50%
    we need to protect it.
    plastic litter found on the of the population in least
    ocean floor are single-use developed countries. To find out more
    items like plastic bags. about Goal #14 and
    So what can we do? other Sustainable
    About 80% of all tour- Development Goals visit:
    For open ocean and deep
    ism takes place in coastal
    sea areas, sustainabil- http://www.un.org/
    areas. The ocean-related sustainabledevelopment
    ity can be achieved only
    tourism industry grows an
    through increased inter-
    estimated US$ 134 bil-
    national cooperation to
    lion per year and in some
    countries, the industry
    already supports over a
    third of the labour force.

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