Earth's oceans play a very important role in our lives. The oceans are home to thousands of species of fishes and invertebrates and plays important part of the global food chain. Both animals and humans depend heavily on healthy fishes but unfortunately the ocean will continue to deteriorate and vital food sources and essential functions provided to our planet and its people by the oceans could be lost due to pollution. Greenpeace has created a solution to help end this problem. Greenpeace has came up with the “Emergency Oceans Rescue Plan” which is aimed at world leaders. In my opinion, this is a very brilliant idea because the ocean is very important to humans and without it life would not continue. We need to make political leaders aware of the pollution affecting the ocean so that they will notice and focus more on the real situation. This will hopefully convince the leaders to build marine reserves.
Greenpeace's explains and shows how they can create a global network of marine reserves to cover 40% of the world’s oceans. Large-scale marine reserves would protect the full diversity of marine life and ensure healthy fisheries. They will also help us to alleviate food insecurity and poverty and build the resilience of our oceans to the impacts of climate change and allow us to sustain life on Earth for future generations.
Marine reserves are off-limits to fishing, fossil fuel extraction and other industrial activities. Establishing marine reserves will help end dirty oil exploration ships from roaming the oceans, and will allow marine life to be healthy and continue to help support human and animal life.
A great opportunity for the Greenpeace is to introduce the Emergency Oceans Rescue Plan during the CBD meeting. This will give the world leaders a chance to stop the massive loss of marine biodiversity and ensure the survival of the millions dependent on the oceans for food and their livelihoods.
Sources:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/The-oceans-are-in-a-crisis-Greenpeace-has-a-plan-to-save-them/
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/reports/Emergency-Oceans-Rescue-Plan/
http://www.waterandsolar.co.za/2010/10/11/emergency-oceans-rescue-plan/
Commented:
Mark Yabut http://biologysbi-3u1-04.blogspot.com/2010/10/greenpeace-activists-stop-massive-oil.html#comments
Brandon McBean http://mcbeean.blogspot.com/2010/12/protecting-worlds-tropical-forests.html?showComment=1302100044338#c252541787415184023
