Arctic Declaration

Ban Ki-moon receives names of six million people calling for protection of the Arctic

Last edited 19 September 2014 at 10:32am
19 September, 2014

New York, 19 September 2014 - In advance of the UN Climate Summit in New York, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accepted a six million signature petition from Greenpeace calling for long term protection of the region [1].

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Global calls for a sanctuary to protect the Arctic

Last edited 4 September 2014 at 11:09am
4 September, 2014

4 September 2014 (Copenhagen) — International polling today revealed overwhelming public support for a formally protected area in the High Arctic for mammals and other marine life.

A study, commissioned by Greenpeace, found three in four (74%) people worldwide support the creation of a protected sanctuary in the international waters surrounding the North Pole. In the UK, this rises to nearly four in five (78%). Currently only 1.5% of the Arctic Ocean is protected — less than any of the world’s oceans.

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