Costa Rica and France are the two host countries of this year of the United Nations Summit in Nice over the oceans and in the words of the President of the Latin American country is key to promote a global alliance for the health of the oceans.
In his demand, Rodrigo Chaves demanded those present in the opening day of this event that there is a commitment to marine protection with public programs and policies based on science, innovation and participation of coastal communities. Only in this way can those waters be protected for the future.
In this same sense, he stressed the importance of “investing in conservation and public policies that integrate science, innovation and coastal communities, and pointed out that while the Marine pollution It is a threat that is growing, the biodiversity of the oceans goes back ».
A for a global alliance in the protection of the oceans
The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, inaugurated in Nice (France), together with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, the ocean summit, reaffirming its commitment to marine protection through public policies based on the Science, innovation and participation of coastal communities and with the aim of protecting these waters for future generations.
Copatrocinated by France and Costa Rica, the United Nations Summit in Nice seeks to agree on common policies and achieve financing to face overfishing, plastic pollution and mining in deep water.
Chaves stressed that his country has already protected more than 30 % of its marine territory, exceeding the global goal by 2030, and urged other countries to ratify the Treaty on biodiversity on the high seas. The Costa Rican president presented initiatives such as the Oceanic accounting, payment for marine environmental services and the launch of the Costa Rica Blue Fundendowed with 10 million dollars.
In addition, he stressed the importance of investing in conservation and public policies that integrate science, innovation and coastal communities, and pointed out that while marine pollution by plastic is a threat that is growing, the biodiversity of the oceans goes back.
During the ceremony, Chaves recalled that despite the millions of abandoned plastic at sea every year and that 90 percent of the species are at the overfish edgethe ocean can “become a solution if we have courage and intelligence to change our ways of acting.”
This summit must be remembered in time has said the president, because “The oceans can’t wait” and stressed that “the summit cannot be left in statements, but must promote real commitments and effective financing.” EFE / ECOticias.com