European scientists have proposed first steps towards a unified global plan to save our oceans, for human health And we are all well
The movie was recently released on Netflix Seaspircy, which focuses on the enormous damage the fishing industry is doing to the oceans. There were many criticisms of the claims in the film from scientists as well, such as for example that the biggest threat is still plastic, although 20 percent of it also comes from abandoned fishing nets. However, the film turned the spotlight on the last remaining wild west - the sea, and on the extinction of large fish and its effect on their entire food chain. And all this, when we are at the beginning of The Decade of the Oceans announced by the UN.
An interdisciplinary European collaboration called Seas and Oceans and Public Health in Europe (SOPHIE), led by the University of Exeter and funded by the Horizon 2020 programme, has outlined the initial steps a wide range of organizations can take to work together to protect the largest ecosystem connecting the globe Country.
In a commentary article published in the American Journal of Public Health, the researchers call for the current UN Decade of the Ocean to serve as a significant catalyst for global change, and to remind us that the health of the ocean is directly related to human health.
The article presents 35 first steps to action that various groups and individuals, including individual citizens, health system workers, private organizations, researchers and policy makers can take.
First author Professor Laura Fleming, from the University of Exeter, said: "The devastating COVID-19 pandemic, climate and other environmental changes and the perilous state of our seas - have made it clear to us that we share one planet with one global ocean. Our moral compass points to dealing with the multitude of threats and potential opportunities we encounter by protecting and supporting the lives of all, rich and poor, while learning to sustain all ecosystems."
The researchers point to our enormous dependence on our world's oceans as a source of food and international economic income, as well as a valuable resource that benefits our mental and physical health. However, the consequences of the impact of human activity are serious. Extreme weather events caused by climate change and other environmental changes - cause coastal flooding, exposure to harmful algal blooms and chemical and microbial pollution. These threats consist of sea level rise, ocean warming, acidification and deoxidation associated with global environmental change.
At the same time, the beaches, seas and oceans provide us with food, trade, culture, renewable energy, and have many other important roles for humanity. In fact, there is now strong evidence that access to healthy beaches can improve and maintain our physical health and mental well-being. Also, a healthy ocean is a major source of potential natural products, including medicines and green alternatives to plastic.
The article offers a list of possible first steps for a wide range of groups that can influence ocean health, and emphasizes that holistic collaboration is essential for impact. for example:
Big businesses can review their impact on ocean health, share best practices for handling waste that reaches the oceans today, and support community initiatives.
Health professionals can consider "blue prescriptions" (that is, drugs that do not harm the sea), which are integrated into individual and community promotion activities of awareness.
Tourism operators can share research on the benefits of spending time at the beach on well-being, and collect and share their customers' experiences from these pastimes.
Individual citizens can take part in citizen science (helping scientists study the ocean) or beach cleanups and encourage school projects on sustainability.
The article calls on planners, policy makers and organizations to understand and share research on ocean-human health connections, and to incorporate this knowledge into policy.
Co-author of the paper, Professor Sheila JJ Heymans, from the European Maritime Commission, said: "The UN Decade of Oceans is an opportunity to really change the way we engage with the global ocean. Given how critical the relationship between people's health and ocean health is and how important the ocean is to humans, achieving the goals of the Ocean Decade should not be left solely to the ocean research community. By working together with communities, policy makers, businesses and other stakeholders, we are adding momentum to finding powerful, effective and new ways to create fundamental change in public health."
More of the topic in Hayadan:
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When will we mend our ways?
Man harms his environment in the sea, in the air and on land and it is increasing all the time.
It is such a shame that there will be much less nature left for future generations.
Everything is covered in plastic and concrete.
We fill the sea with endless threads and plastic scraps that sea creatures swallow and suffocate.
Systematic industrial abuse of the environment and the animals that we turned into slaves long ago
Without minimum rights and now we turn them into objects inside a factory.
Here's the bottom line (I recommend you learn more online):
Horses:
We turn horses into robots that are only allowed to move when we pain them inside the mouth with an iron switch (this is called taming in fancy language). After that the horses are sent to a small cell in the stable where they have almost no possibility to move for whole days. Worse, the horse is tied for many hours with a half-meter strap to the post, so that it cannot even move its head.
Chickens:
Six chickens are raised for their entire lives in a battery cage that is too small even for one hen who cannot spread her wings inside. They have to step on each other and fight each other with all their might just to get a little more space and air.
fruit:
The calf is separated from its mother already in the first hour of its life and is put in a very small cage where it cannot move. His mother cries for many days.
The cow is milked as much as possible for a period far beyond its natural state. This causes pain and inflammation. It is also worth learning how man made genetic changes to cows at the expense of their health and well-being so that they produce a very large amount of milk. And for that Israel is very proud of itself!
Pigs:
Pregnant pigs are put in iron cages that do not allow them to move at all. When they lie down then the bars of the cage press on their body.
At least in earlier times, even though the animals were treated as slaves without minimal rights, they were still given more space to at least graze and move.
I recommend all of us to learn more about the subject (for example with Google) and help our children and others learn.
Maybe in the future something will change.
Eli Isaac is a private academic teacher for computer science and programming
https://eisaak123.wixsite.com/privatelessons
Sahdi in the heights, what bullshit.
A significant first, brave and self-sacrificing step of every person is to immediately stop eating food that is hunted from the sea. Just dry up the demand side fishing boat monsters. I stopped even though sea fish is very tasty to me. And all the rest is nonsense and smokescreens to preserve the fishing industry.
Second step is to stop sending plastic to poor countries. And to finance landfill sites there with financial incentives for landfill.
But of course that won't happen. What will remain are laws against plastic straws..