Sentences with phrase «declining health of our oceans»

The most urgent environmental threat to Canadians isn't climate change, the declining health of our oceans, or the extinction of species.

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By advocating effectively, and educating their peers, and demonstrating how the destruction of ecosystems, declines in crop yields, and acidification of the oceans could reverse recent advances in global health, health professionals can help persuade the wider public and put pressure on governments to take immediate action.

Meanwhile, increasingly severe climate change - related events ranging from mass coral bleaching, to glacial and sea ice melt, to tree death, to ocean health decline, to the expanding ranges of tropical infectious diseases, to worsening extreme weather events have occurred the world over.

There is growing concern over the decline of fisheries and the overall health of the ocean: scientists estimate that 90 % of stocks are fished at or beyond sustainable limits, habitats like coral reefs are threatened by ocean acidification, and large areas of ocean and coastlines are polluted.

«Making World Oceans Day official will help us and other ocean groups to engage more people and to increase public support for efforts to reverse the declining health of marine ecosystems.»