With other public and private actors from 112 countries around the world, the commitment reached over €6 billion, it said. The Our Ocean 2017 Conference addressed the challenges of marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, marine pollution, and climate change. Participants announced the creation of new Marine Protected Areas spanning more than 2.5 million km², or more than half the size of the entire European Union. Commitments will be tracked and reported at the next Our Ocean Conference in Indonesia in 2018. “EU commitments reach far beyond its geographical region, to support sustainable international ocean use worldwide, focusing in particular on developing countries,” the EU office in Dhaka said.

Source: bd News24 October 08, 2017 21:22 UTC