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The fate of the oceans depends on controlling wastewater and waste

At the preparatory meeting in Brasilia (Brazil’s federal capital) for the United Nations Oceans Conference scheduled for June, delegates emphasized that saving the oceans requires addressing the needs of demand for potable water and sanitation on land to prevent the discharge into the sea currently out of control.

Catarina de Albuquerque, head of Sanitation and Water for All, a partner led by the United Nations, warned that water temperatures in the oceans are increasing, leading to a rapid increase in loss of water. Oxygen in the water sustains the life of marine organisms.

In addition to the global warning, a growing number of nutrients from agriculture, wastewater and industrial waste, including pollution from fossil fuel power generation, are accelerating the reduction of oxygen in water in coastal areas, making it a “dead sea” for marine species.

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Albuquerque, a former United Nations special rapporteur on water and sanitation, said wastewater and waste management is essential to saving oceans from disaster, but governments have yet to see the link. intrinsic to the fate of the oceans.

Silvia Rucks, UN Resident Coordinator in Brazil, said at a meeting organized by the Portuguese Embassy: “Coastal ecosystems have become reservoirs for wastewater and nutrients, creating vast dead seas. Plastic waste is choking the seas“.

The United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) will be held in Lisbon from June 27 to July 1, co-hosted by Portugal and Kenya.

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