United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the “Oceans Compact” initiative on
12.08.2012. This is intended to tackle the “precarious state” of the world’s
seas.
Oceans are facing a “grave
threat” from pollution, excessive fishing and global warming.
“Ocean acidification is
eating into the very basis of our ocean life; and sea level rise threatens to
re-draw the global map at the expense of hundreds of millions of the world’s
most vulnerable people,” Ban said.
Objectives
