UN report sounds alarm to clean up oceans
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="tent">tent</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sandy">sandy</span> <span word="beaches">beaches</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="beautiful">beautiful</span> <span word="coastline">coastline</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Rio">Rio</span> <span word="de">de</span> <span word="Janeiro">Janeiro</span>, <span word="ocean">ocean</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="sounding">sounding</span> <span word="sirens">sirens</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="condition">condition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ecosystem">ecosystem</span> <span word="covering">covering</span> <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="fourths">fourths</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Earth">Earth</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="surface">surface</span>.</p><p><span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Oceans">Oceans</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Rio">Rio</span>+20, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="Conference">Conference</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sustainable">Sustainable</span> <span word="Development">Development</span>. <span word="Daylong">Daylong</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="talking">talking</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="forming">forming</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Rio">Rio</span>+20 <span word="Oceans">Oceans</span> <span word="Declaration">Declaration</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Rio">Rio</span>+20 <span word="Ocean">Ocean</span> <span word="Commitments">Commitments</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="submitted">submitted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="around">around</span> 130 <span word="world">world</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="attending">attending</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summit">summit</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>.</p><p>"<span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="ourselves">ourselves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="in">in</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="bear">bear</span> <span word="collective">collective</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oceans">oceans</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="polluted">polluted</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Rachel">Rachel</span> <span word="Kyle">Kyle</span>, <span word="vice">vice</span>-<span word="president">president</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Network">Network</span> <span word="Sustainable">Sustainable</span> <span word="Development">Development</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oceans">oceans</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="unsustainable">unsustainable</span> <span word="fishing">fishing</span>, <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span>, <span word="ocean">ocean</span> <span word="acidification">acidification</span>, <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="loss">loss</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="habitats">habitats</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="biodiversity">biodiversity</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="blueprint">blueprint</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="ocean">ocean</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="coastal">coastal</span> <span word="sustainability">sustainability</span> <span word="prepared">prepared</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span>.</p><p><span word="Jacqueline">Jacqueline</span> <span word="Alder">Alder</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="marine">marine</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="coastal">coastal</span> <span word="ecosystem">ecosystem</span> <span word="expert">expert</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="Environmental">Environmental</span> <span word="Programme">Programme</span>, <span word="believes">believes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="activities">activities</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="land">land</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="wastewater">wastewater</span> <span word="disposal">disposal</span>, <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="responsible">responsible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pollution">pollution</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oceans">oceans</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>, <span word="Oceans">Oceans</span> <span word="Inc">Inc</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ocean">ocean</span> <span word="channel">channel</span>, <span word="began">began</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="weeklong">weeklong</span> <span word="Rio">Rio</span>+20 <span word="broadcast">broadcast</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="updates">updates</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="progress">progress</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="interagency">interagency</span> <span word="report">report</span>, <span word="how">how</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="preserve">preserve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ocean">ocean</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="faring">faring</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summit">summit</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="planet">planet</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="circulatory">circulatory</span> <span word="system">system</span>.</p>
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