Protecting the ocean starts here

Ocean Action is a hub for anyone who wants to help protect the ocean but doesn’t know where to begin.
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Life requires water, and most of the water on Earth is ocean.
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— Sylvia Earle
A diagonal line of Indian women with brown skin and black hair are standing along a riverbank. They are wearing saris in bright colours and patterns, mostly red. Standing in ankle-high brown water, each woman is holding small mangrove saplings. The saplings are going to be planted along the riverbanks of the Matla river in Sundarbans, India.
Two small cormorants are standing on grey/brown rock in the bottom left hand corner. They are birds with brown feathers, a white neck, and a medium sized beak. They are looking out at a bay of icebergs in Antarctica and a semi-cloudy sky. The icebergs in the background are large enough to look like snow-capped mountains. The sea / waves in the foreground are dark blue with flashes of light turquoise.
Three black fishermen are holding a small catch of silver fish. They are standing in an almost triangle shape along the shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya. The one in the middle holding the fish has his back to the camera and is wearing a white and black patterned tshirt. The other two men on each side of him are facing inwards. Both are wearing yellow-green hats. The man on the left is wearing a stripy yellow, brown and green polo shirt, and is looking down at the water of the lake. The man on the right is wearing an orange, white and black chequered button-up short-sleeved shirt. He is counting the catch of fish the man in the middle is holding.
An orange, black and white clownfish is hiding in the middle of bright pink coral. This coral looks like The background is a deep blue. The middle of the top of the image has a flash of reflected sunlight. The coral in the top left of the image is brown with small indendations on a mostly smooth surface.
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A diagonal line of Indian women with brown skin and black hair are standing along a riverbank. They are wearing saris in bright colours and patterns, mostly red. Standing in ankle-high brown water, each woman is holding small mangrove saplings. The saplings are going to be planted along the riverbanks of the Matla river in Sundarbans, India.
Two small cormorants are standing on grey/brown rock in the bottom left hand corner. They are birds with brown feathers, a white neck, and a medium sized beak. They are looking out at a bay of icebergs in Antarctica and a semi-cloudy sky. The icebergs in the background are large enough to look like snow-capped mountains. The sea / waves in the foreground are dark blue with flashes of light turquoise.
Three black fishermen are holding a small catch of silver fish. They are standing in an almost triangle shape along the shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya. The one in the middle holding the fish has his back to the camera and is wearing a white and black patterned tshirt. The other two men on each side of him are facing inwards. Both are wearing yellow-green hats. The man on the left is wearing a stripy yellow, brown and green polo shirt, and is looking down at the water of the lake. The man on the right is wearing an orange, white and black chequered button-up short-sleeved shirt. He is counting the catch of fish the man in the middle is holding.
An orange, black and white clownfish is hiding in the middle of bright pink coral. This coral looks like The background is a deep blue. The middle of the top of the image has a flash of reflected sunlight. The coral in the top left of the image is brown with small indendations on a mostly smooth surface.
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Whether you want to learn more, make changes in your own life, or support the people already doing the work, you’ll find everything you need right here.
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Explore what is happening to the ocean and why it matters.
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Ocean Action helped me realise I didn’t need to be an expert to start making a difference for the ocean.
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Lina
Italy

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Ocean actions in your own words

I used to think ocean issues were too far away from me, as I live far from the sea. Now I know they start right where I live.
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Lucia
Argentina

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Ocean actions in your own words

I used to feel powerless about protecting the ocean, but now I know small actions, like rethinking my food choices or starting conversations, do add up.
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Thando
South Africa

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Ocean actions in your own words

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I thought I had to choose between my day job and helping the planet. Now I see they can go hand in hand.
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Clara
USA
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THE OCEAN...

...gives us over 50% of the oxygen we breathe.
...feeds more than 3 billion people.
...supports hundreds of millions of jobs.
...absorbs 30% of the carbon dioxide we emit.
...captures 90% of the excess heat that we generate.
...covers over 70% of the planet.
but less than 3% of it is strongly protected.

Change is possible — and it starts with us.

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One ocean.
One planet.
One future.

We’re taught to see borders and separate seas. But there is just one connected ocean. It flows through every coastline, every climate, every life. When we protect the ocean, we protect all life on Earth.

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What you can do

Understanding what is happening to the ocean and why it matters is the first step towards action.
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Horizontal scroll top left to right: Avijit Ghosh / Climate Visuals; Vivek Mehra / Ocean Image Bank; Maurizio Di Pietro / Climate Visuals; Cinzia Osele Bismarck / Ocean Image Bank; Rodney Dekker / Climate Visuals
Horizontal scroll middle right to left: Ron Watkins / Ocean Image Bank; Toby Matthews / Ocean Image Bank; Giuseppe Suaria / Climate Visuals; Jayne Jenkins / Ocean Image Bank; Ryan Brown / Climate Visuals
Horizontal scroll bottom left to right: Anthony Onyango / Climate Visuals; Cinzia Osele Bismarck / Ocean Image Bank; Dimitris Poursanidis / Ocean Image Bank; Masayuki Agawa / Ocean Image Bank; Michiel Vos / Ocean Image Bank