Every year, millions of tonnes of plastic end up in the sea, endangering marine animals and ending up finally again as microplastics in our drinking water, food, and even in our bodies.

Ghost nets and discarded fishing gear are responsible for the deaths of millions of animals.

 

Fish stocks are ruthlessly exploited through overfishing, Bycatch and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) are dramatically worsening the situation.

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In addition, oil drilling and the extraction of raw materials are destroying sensitive and unique ecosystems. Intensive agriculture leads to the uncontrolled growth of algae, which pollutes and kills huge habitats. 

Every day, toxic wastewater is discharged into our oceans via rivers from places far from the coasts. ​

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The alarmingly increasing warming of the oceans due to climate change is doing the rest and is not only causing the loss of ancient coral reefs, but is also increasingly changing the weather, resulting in more violent storms and devastating floods. 

Millions of people are affected, many will have to leave their homes in the coming years and migrate to other places and countries. 

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Mass tourism is threatening and destroying our natural beaches, our mangrove forests and underwater worlds near and far from the shore.​

Pollution of the oceans by light and sound causes hundreds of thousands of sea creatures to suffer and die every year.  

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The consequences of our actions are obvious - we are not only jeopardising marine life, but also our own future and that of our children.

Extinction is forever.

That is why we must act. Now.​​