Sat, 11 Nov 2023 03:31:47 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<https://apnews.com/article/niue-ocean-conservation-pacific-tagelagi-larsen-4efba10dfd8c5705c625cab150fae95f>
"WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has come
up with a novel plan to protect its vast and pristine territorial waters — it
will get sponsors to pay.
Under the plan, which was being launched by Niue’s Premier Dalton Tagelagi on
Tuesday in New York, individuals or companies can pay $148 to protect 1 square
kilometer (about 250 acres) of ocean from threats such as illegal fishing and
plastic waste for a period of 20 years.
Niue hopes to raise more than $18 million from the scheme by selling 127,000
square-kilometer units, representing the 40% of its waters that form a no-take
marine protected area.
In an interview with The Associated Press before the launch, Tagelagi said
his people have always had a close connection with the sea.
“Niue is just one island in the middle of the big blue ocean,” Tagelagi said.
“We are surrounded by the ocean, and we live off the ocean. That’s our
livelihood.”
He said Niueans inherited and learned about the ocean from their forefathers
and they want to be able to pass it on to the next generation in sustainable
health.
Most fishing in Niue is to sustain local people, although there are some
small-scale commercial operations and occasional offshore industrial-scale
fishing, according to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
“Because of all the illegal fishing and all the other activities at the moment,
we thought that we should be taking the lead, to teach others that we’ve got to
protect the ocean,” Tagelagi said."
Via Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-net-zero-rhinos-africa-maternal-asia/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
"WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has come
up with a novel plan to protect its vast and pristine territorial waters — it
will get sponsors to pay.
Under the plan, which was being launched by Niue’s Premier Dalton Tagelagi on
Tuesday in New York, individuals or companies can pay $148 to protect 1 square
kilometer (about 250 acres) of ocean from threats such as illegal fishing and
plastic waste for a period of 20 years.
Niue hopes to raise more than $18 million from the scheme by selling 127,000
square-kilometer units, representing the 40% of its waters that form a no-take
marine protected area.
In an interview with The Associated Press before the launch, Tagelagi said
his people have always had a close connection with the sea.
“Niue is just one island in the middle of the big blue ocean,” Tagelagi said.
“We are surrounded by the ocean, and we live off the ocean. That’s our
livelihood.”
He said Niueans inherited and learned about the ocean from their forefathers
and they want to be able to pass it on to the next generation in sustainable
health.
Most fishing in Niue is to sustain local people, although there are some
small-scale commercial operations and occasional offshore industrial-scale
fishing, according to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
“Because of all the illegal fishing and all the other activities at the moment,
we thought that we should be taking the lead, to teach others that we’ve got to
protect the ocean,” Tagelagi said."
Via Future Crunch:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-net-zero-rhinos-africa-maternal-asia/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
