Seychelles president delivers plea for the seas from the depths of the Indian Ocean
Faure, dressed in a Seychelles T-shirt and pink shorts, delivered his plea for the world’s seas while sitting in an underwater craft more than 400 feet below the ocean’s surface. AccordingAssociated Press
Seychelles President Danny Faure, left, delivered a deep-sea plea on Sunday, beseeching the world to do more to protect the world's oceans, “The ocean is huge, covering almost 70% of our planet, but we have managed to seriously impact this vast environment through climate change, ocean acidification, overfishing, plastic and other pollution,” said Faure, who is the leader of an archipelago“We need decisive, coordinated, international action,” Faure added.
Only about 5% of the world’s oceans are currently protected, AP said. U.N. member countries have agreed to increase that percentage to 10% by 2020, a goal that
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