IUCN Marine Protected Area Summit in Washington, DC (10-12 April 2007) will come up with survival strategies for oceans and people in the face of climate change, overfishing and other threats to the marine environment Oceans minimize climate change impacts, but climate change also puts them at risk: oceans are the world’s largest carbon sink, absorbing around 50% of atmospheric CO2 every year. While this helps slow down the greenhouse effect, it creates considerable threat to marine and human life: oceans become more acid, which threatens marine species like coral reefs, a major source of income and protein for millions of people worldwide.
Only 1% of oceans are protected today – compared to over 12% of the land surface. PLEASE READ MORE http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/newsbulletins/webstories/marinesummitapr2007.html
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Protecting oceans and coasts will help millions of people survive climate change
http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2007/04/10_pr_oceans.htm
Only 1% of oceans are protected today – compared to over 12% of the land surface. PLEASE READ MORE http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/newsbulletins/webstories/marinesummitapr2007.html
Please also visit:
IUCN
The World Conservation Union http://www.iucn.org
Clownfish, Photo: IUCN
UPDATES
Protecting oceans and coasts will help millions of people survive climate change
http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2007/04/10_pr_oceans.htm