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OCEANS ON THE EDGE 8

Global Scale Sustainable Management. OCEANS ON THE EDGE 8. Key words: global sustainable endangered. 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.

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OCEANS ON THE EDGE 8

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  1. Global Scale Sustainable Management OCEANS ON THE EDGE 8 Key words: global sustainable endangered 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. And finally ... Who is going to be in the hot seat?

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