‘Ocean in crisis’: Global plan to protect world’s seas Kate Walton © A new initiative aims to protect vast tracts of ocean with the world s seas increasingly under press. A new initiative aims to protect vast tracts of ocean with the world s seas increasingly under pressure from people and pollution [File: Steve de Neef/Greenpeace via EPA]
A new global marine initiative has been launched to protect and conserve 18 million square kilometres of the ocean (seven million square miles) over the next five years, an area larger than the continent of South America.
The collaboration, known as Blue Nature Alliance, established on Wednesday is led by several philanthropic organisations and plans to work with national governments, local communities, Indigenous peoples, scientists, and academics.
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Closeup of worm culture. Worms are used to improve soil quality.
ROME, 20 April 2021 (FAO)
–– The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 19 April 2021 kicked off with a call to preserve this vast community of living soil organisms and the vital ecosystem services they provide.
Soils are one of the main global reservoirs of biodiversity. They host more than 25 percent of the world’s supply of this valued resource from where 95 percent of the food we eat is produced. In addition, more than 40 percent of living organisms in terrestrial ecosystems are connected with soils during their life cycle.