UN conference sees blitz of pledges to protect ailing oceans
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A major UN conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon this week with a flurry of promises to expand marine protected areas, ban deep-sea mining, and combat illegal fishing. UN chief Antonio Guterres set the tone Monday for the five-day meet by warning that the world’s oceans are in deep crisis. “Today we face what I would call an ocean emergency,” he told thousands of policymakers, experts, and advocates, detailing how seas have been hammered by climate change and pollution.
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UN conference sees blitz of pledges to protect ailing oceans. (2022, June 29). Manila Standard, p. B2.
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conferences; illegal fishing; deep-sea mining; marine protected areas; ocean dumping; Oceans; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Guterres, Antonio; Whipps, Surangel Jr; Bainimarama, Frank; Ngawera-Packer, Debbie; Earle, Sylvia; Goldsmith, Zac; Lisbon; Pacific Islands; Belau; New Zealand
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