OTTAWA — Praise poured in from Canadian environmental groups on Sunday for a newly signed treaty that will help protect biodiversity in the high seas, where…
“Scientists have said that 30 per cent protection is the minimum that we need in order to begin to restore marine biodiversity and allow marine ecosystems to build resilience in light of climate change and plastic pollution and all the other threats that they face,” King said.
“I’m very proud of Canada’s contributions during the negotiation process and how we engaged with countries to build support to achieve this agreement,” Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Joyce Murray said in a statement.Article content “Our oceans are at the core of who we are as a country. With the longest coastlines in the world, marine and coastal areas are essential to Canada’s economy and to Canadians’ livelihoods across the country,” the ministers said in their joint-statement.
The new treaty establishes ground rules for conducting environmental impact assessments for commercial activities in the oceans.
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