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OCEANS ON THE EDGE 8
Global Scale Sustainable Management
Starter:How can individuals make a
difference to sustainable use of the oceans?
Learning Objective:To be able to identify the role of global actions to maintain
ocean health
Key words:global sustainable endangered
Protecting endangered species
• Many species of whales were hunted almost to extinction during 20th century
• The International Whaling Commission banned whaling for commercial purposes form 1982. Since then it has establish whale sanctuaries in the Southern and Indian Oceans
International Whaling
• Problems with the IWC ban are;– Japan continues to slaughter
whales for ‘scientific purposes’– Norway objects to the whale
sanctuary– The Faroe Islands hunt around
1000 pilot whales each year; they argue it is an important part of their culture
Pollution
• 90% of all trade between countries is carried by sea.
• Watch this clip to see the effects of pollution from the Prestige oil spill
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcd3FQ0DVRY
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• The _____ oil spill in 2002 caused great damage to sea species along the _____ coast.
• UNCLOS set new _____ rules to phase out the use of single-______ oil tankers.
Copy and complete the following (words below to help)
Prestige international hulled Spanish
A more difficult problem ...
• Watch this video clip, then design a poster to make people aware of the problem of the Pacific Garbage patch
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLrVCI4N67M
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7vHrMsnRFA