In the absence of a full fledged UN treaty on ocean sustainability and marine life leaders of 14 countries that accounts for 40% of the world’s coastline set out five transformative commitments today on ocean wealth, health, equity, knowledge and finance. Over the next 10 years these countries have pledged to restore marine and coastal ecosystems, reduce ocean plastic pollution and minimise ocean dead zones, promote equal opportunities for all to benefit from the ocean, build ocean literacy and skills, harness ocean science, technology and data. A key platform for these commitments is to build collective understanding and knowledge of ocean sustainability, ecosystem services and functions, and ensure that science underpins decision-making for building a sustainable ocean economy.
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Dr Siva Thambisetty is one of 250 ocean experts from 48 countries who contributed to the peer-reviewed work of the Ocean Panel and a co-author of Blue Paper 4 on . You can .
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