Mundus maris

2024 is the year of efforts to finalise, ratify and implement major international agreements to safeguard nature on our planet and ourselves. The binding treaty to curb the plastic flood should be agreed by the end of the year. Two global biodiversity agreements need accelerated ratification to move fast into the implementation phase: the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Agreement and the Treaty for protecting the high seas (BBNJ) which should allow us to protect 30% of the planet across all ecosystems by 2030 to stopp the on-going mass extinctions. Particularly important for ocean health and recovering its productivity is the long-awaited reduction of harmful fisheries subsidy the World Trade Organization (WTO) is expected to deliver at long last. Together, these could spell breakthroughs of healing our planet if cooperation would replace aggression and human rights also of disadvantaged people were respected and implemented. We work with others supporting these goals, and specifically towards sustainable artisanal fisheries for better futures.