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a dailymulti-stakeholdermagazine onclimate changeand sustainabledevelopment
19 June 2012
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An oceans rescue plan at RioSustainable energy for the people:Lessons from Fukushima
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Editorial AdvisorsFelix Dodds
Stakeholder Forum
Farooq Ullah
Stakeholder Forum
EditorsGeorgie Macdonald
Stakeholder Forum
Amy Cutter
Stakeholder Forum
Editorial Assistants Jack Cornforth
Stakeholder Forum
Political EditorNick Meynen
ANPED
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERSOUTREACH EDITORIAL TEAM
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An oceans rescue plan at Rio
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Sustainable energy for the people: Lessons from Fukushima
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Unburnable carbon
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The consolidated text: A diluted commitment to water?
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Water day in Rio: UN global leadership is responding
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Civil society statement on Sustainable Energy for All
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Sustainable energy in the green economy: Some lessons from Korea and Germany
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Great apes spur community support for protected areas
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Political will: Not present at the negotiations on water and sanitation
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People’s Summit: Youth and the Earth Charter
Sustainable Development Dialogues, 17th June: Food and nutrition security
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Sustainable Development Dialogues, 18th June: Sustainable Energy for AllSustainable Development Dialogues, 18th June: Water
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ECO corner - The public is clear: End fossil fuel subsidies
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Rio+20 side event calendar
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Reections from Rio+20
Akira Kawasaki
Peace Boat
Soa Tsenikli
Greenpeace
Victoria Johnson
nef
Lis Martin
Progressio
Josena Maestu
UN-Water
Nick Meynen
ANPED
Rishikesh Bhandary
Tufts University
Rina Kuusipalo
Harvard University
Tony Siantonas
Stakeholder Forum
Prakash Amatya
FAN
Nathalie Seguin
FAN
Rio+YOU
UNEPANPEDRio+20 Committee of Korean Civil Society
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Stakeholder Forum is an internationalorganisation working to advance sustainabledevelopment and promote democracy at aglobal level. Our work aims to enhance open,accountable and participatory internationaldecision-making on sustainable developmentthrough enhancing the involvementof stakeholders in intergovernmentalprocesses. For more information, visit:www.stakeholderforum.orgOutreach is a multi-stakeholder publication onclimate change and sustainable development.It is the longest continually producedstakeholder magazine in the sustainabledevelopment arena, published at variousinternational meetings on the environment;including the UNCSD meetings (since 1997),UNEP Governing Council, UNFCCC Conferenceof the Parties (COP) and World Water Week.Published as a daily edition, in both printand web form, Outreach provides a vehiclefor critical analysis on key thematic topics inthe sustainability arena, as well as a voiceof regional and local governments, women,indigenous peoples, trade unions, industry,youth and NGOs. To fully ensure a multi-stakeholder perspective, we aim to engagea wide range of stakeholders for articlecontributions and project funding.
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An oceans rescue plan at Rio
Whilst the Brazilian text thatcame out on Saturday was a gravedisappointment as a whole, it isencouraging that oceans has beenrecognised as one of top issuesfor the Summit and a concretecommitment to deliver a HighSeas Biodiversity Agreement wasincluded in Paragraph 163.
Of course, a place at the top also signals that this issue isone of the most contentious. A large majority of countries – from South Africa, Brazil, the EU, India to Fiji, forexample – support a high seas biodiversity agreement toprotect our oceans, but progress is being fiercely opposedby the US along with Canada, Russia and Japan. The high seas cover more than 64% of the oceans,belonging to not one country, but to all of us. However,with rights also come responsibilities. The UN Conventionon the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) sets out clear obligationsfor countries operating in international waters, includingthe responsibility to protect ocean life from potentiallyharmful activities, such as fishing and energy exploration.Unfortunately, up until now, emphasis has been put on theright to exploit the oceans, rather than the responsibilityto protect them. This has created a ‘Wild West’ approachto oceans management. There are regulations in placethat govern fishing, drilling or mining in internationalwaters, but when it comes to protecting them – throughcreating marine reserves free from extractive activities – there is simply no clear way to do so. A new agreement isurgently needed to ensure conservation and sustainableuse of our oceans, to stop uncontrolled ocean plunder andto deliver future generations healthy oceans and viablefishing industries for the long-term.The US prides itself protecting its national waters.Unfortunately, it has been adopting a hard line, opposingany progress in protecting the high seas.The US government argues that there are already enoughinternational agreements to protect our oceans. Theythen worryingly talk about having Regional FisheryManagement Organisations (RFMOs) take up the task ofcreating marine reserves. International bodies chargedwith managing fisheries simply cannot accomplish this.These fisheries management organisations have not beenable to end overfishing, instead they have brought somefish stocks to the verge of collapse through failed policiesthat allow destructive fishing to continue unabated.Although properly implementing existing oceanprotection rules would greatly improve the situation, thisalone will never be enough.The US has also opposed a new biodiversity agreementthat would fill the gap regarding the access and equitablesharing of the benefits from the use of marine geneticresources (MGRs). As one of the top countries in supportof MGR claims, they have no interest in sharing the benefitsof the use of these genetic resources with developingnations that are not yet in a position to gain from them.The High Seas Alliance – a coalition of 26 Oceans NGOs,including Greenpeace, are at Rio+20 to support thenations calling for oceans protection. Oceans give usoxygen, food and jobs: if we want to save them for futuregenerations, we need the US government to stop hinderingprogress and deliver an oceans rescue plan here in Rio
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Soa Tsenikli
GreenpeaceABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sofia Tsenikli is a senior oceans political advisor withGreenpeace International
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