IMO: UN Agencies unveil ten proposals to safeguard the ocean

United Nations agencies in Paris today (1 November 2011) launched a plan to improve the management of oceans and coastal areas. The Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability sounds the alarm about the health of the oceans, and explains how they influence our everyday life by regulating the climate, providing highly-nutritious and by sustaining livelihoods and economies. It recalls that although the ocean accounts for 70 per cent of the surface of our planet, only one per cent of it is protected.

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Keywords: PARIS, MANAGEMENT OF OCEANS AND COASTAL AREAS, SUSTAINABILITY

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Related Topics: International Maritime Organization

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