Ocean Protection is a Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity By Iván Duque Márquez Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service. ++

Ocean Protection is a Multi-Billion Dollar Opportunity By Iván Duque Márquez BOGOTA, Colombia, Jun 17 2025 (IPS) - The services the ocean provides are the backbone of our collective health, wealth and food security, yet today just 2.7% of the ocean has been assessed and deemed to be effectively protected. In failing to establish adequate safeguards, not only are we condemning communities and ecosystems across the world to decline and collapse, we are also overlooking a significant economic opportunity. https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/06/ocean-protection-multi-billion-dollar-opportunity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ocean-protection-multi-billion-dollar-opportunity Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service. Tanzania Champions Aquatic Foods at UN Ocean Conference in Nice By Kizito Makoye https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/06/tanzania-champions-aquatic-foods-at-un-ocean-conference-in-nice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tanzania-champions-aquatic-foods-at-un-ocean-conference-in-nice NICE, France, Jun 17 2025 (IPS) - With less than six harvest seasons left to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the urgency to find transformative solutions to end hunger, protect the oceans, and build climate resilience dominated the ninth panel session at the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.