UPDATE #OurOcean2018 commitments:
This year's #OurOcean conference strengthened the quality of commitments with a balanced distribution of commitments in 6 areas of actions;
•305 tangible & measurable commitments
•USD 10.7 billion monetary commitments
•14 million km2 of #MPA
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"Almost overnight, our children have become accustomed to playing on beaches made not of sand but of plastic."
Watch @DuneIves, @LonelyWhale's Executive Director and Managing Director of #NextWavePlastics, discuss NextWave at @OurOcean2018: https://t.co/YBvXmFv37w #OurOcean
UPDATE #OurOcean2018 commitments:
This year's #OurOcean conference strengthened the quality of commitments with a balanced distribution of commitments in 6 areas of actions;
•305 tangible & measurable commitments
•USD 10.7 billion monetary commitments
•14 million km2 of #MPA
"I am hopeful that the @OurOcean2018 Conference, with its strong actions and commitments, is helping to buy the blue planet the time it needs to recover."
Read @StimsonEnvSec Director Sally Yozell's exclusive interview with @ourdailyplanet.
https://t.co/JYUhxr3Sx0
The land is our mother.
The ocean is our father.
They feed us.
We need to take care of them,
Like we do with our parents.
Abrahama Goram, representative of Maya Tribe of Raja Ampat, Papua at #OurOcean2018
tanah adl ibu. laut adl ayah. mereka yg memberi kami makan. krn itu, kami menjaga tanah dan laut spt menjaga orangtua kami sendiri.
abraham goram, wakil suku maya di @OurOcean2018
This marks the closing of #OurOcean2018.
Thank you for being such a great social media audience!
Stay tune for more information on newly pledge commitments and other #OurOcean related issue.
#OurOceanOurLegacy
"We know that the land is the king, but the ocean is the queen- and we all know that on chess, queen is the strongest," Luhut B. Pandjaitan, Coord. Minister of @kemaritiman, for his closing remarks at #OurOcean2018
"I will let you catch more fish if only science says it’s okay. And every plastic that you took to the sea, you brought back to the land."
Harald T. Nesvik, Minister of Fisheries of Norway.
Norway will be the host of 2019 #OurOcean Conference.
"Let’s not get back to the business as usual but to keep the energized spirit to make a change," @KarmenuVella, Commissioner for Environment Maritime Affairs & Fisheries @EU_Commission.
#OurOcean2018
Quoting Pope Francis' letter to #OurOcean2016,
"The oceans remind us of the need to educate for the covenant between humanity & the environment. In this regard, efforts should be made to train young people to care for the oceans but also, wherever possible...
Hamed Said Al-Oufi, Under Secretary for Fisheries Wealth of the Sultanate of #Oman announced the 13 #MarineProtectedAreas, with concern on the fisheries, coastal community, and marine resources.
#OurOcean2018