global ocean treaty

Our blue planet is under attack! With your help we can protect it.

Posted by Louisa Casson - 21st June 2019
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Next year governments at the United Nations have the opportunity to decide the fate of our global oceans. It is now time for global unity in demanding a strong and meaningful Global Ocean Treaty to protect our blue planet. Our oceans are facing more catastrophic threats than they’ve… Read More

What if we treated our oceans like they matter?

Posted by Mal Chadwick - 12th April 2019
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The seas provide half of our oxygen, and food for a billion people. Let’s give them the protection they deserve. Under the restless surface of our seas, hundreds of miles from land, there’s a world of giants and hunters; ancient lifeforms and lost cities. These waters beyond national borders are… Read More

Do ocean sanctuaries really work?

Posted by Willie Mackenzie - 10th April 2019
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Our oceans are massive and unlike most places on land, they don’t really have borders. Animals, water (and sadly now plastic) all move freely across our global oceans. Because of this, some people have asked if ocean sanctuaries are an effective way of protecting our… Read More

The UK’s Antarctic Ocean Petition Hand-In : Why your support means so much

Posted by Agasty Baylon Yogaratnam - 14th November 2018
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Our Antarctic Ambassador, X-Files and The Fall actress Gillian Anderson joined Greenpeace UK on the 9th October to deliver our petition to the UK Foreign Office to Protect the Antarctic. The decision on whether to establish an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary was made at the Antarctic Ocean Commission (CCAMLR)… Read More

On ocean protection the UK government just listened to science!

Posted by Louisa Casson - 5th October 2018
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A Humpback whale breaks the surface as it heads south to Antarctica for the summer.

It’s all too rare to see governments making decisions that are actually in line with science. But September ended very well. The UK government announced its support for protecting 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030. That’s the level of ambition that scientists tell us is… Read More

What a Global Ocean Treaty means—and why it matters to all of us

Posted by Louisa Casson - 17th September 2018
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A Humpback whale breaks the surface as it heads south to Antarctica for the summer.

We have paddled the first nautical miles of a long voyage. The first meeting at the United Nations’ headquarters about a treaty to protect all the oceans which lie beyond national borders is coming to an end. It’s been two weeks of political meetings, origami turtles, too many… Read More