Our Solutions: Sustainable use
Local communities at Cirali, located on one of the most untouched areas of Turkey's Mediterranean coast, worked with WWF to implement sustainable, low-impact tourism.
© WWF-Canon / Michel GUNTHER
© WWF-Canon / Michel GUNTHER
Limiting the damage caused by human activities
WWF's Global Marine Programme is working for agreements and policies that protect sensitive marine habitats and wildlife from tourism, shipping, oil and gas development, and aquaculture.What's the problem?
The oceans offer a huge range of useful resources and services to people. But our careless, unsustainable use of these is putting sensitive marine habitats and species at risk.
In addition to fishing, WWF has identified tourism, shipping, oil and gas development, and aquaculture as amongst the most significant human activities threatening the world's oceans, and MPAs in particular.
In addition to fishing, WWF has identified tourism, shipping, oil and gas development, and aquaculture as amongst the most significant human activities threatening the world's oceans, and MPAs in particular.
For this reason, WWF's Global Marine Programme is working to ensure that agreements, policies, or mechanisms are put in place that clearly and specifically protect sensitive marine habitats or wildlife from tourism, shipping, oil and gas development, and aquaculture. These policies can be made by international fora, governments, industry, and/or communities.
The work includes using scientific information to make the case for establishing best practices and codes of conduct for the four industries, and establishing no-go areas or strictly regulated zones for sensitive marine habitats most under threat from these industries.
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