Sandy Luk, CEO of the Marine Conservation Society, said: “Without a healthy ocean, we cannot achieve a healthy planet. By protecting and restoring our ocean’s vital ecosystems, including seagrass meadows, we can strengthen the planet’s resilience to the effects of the climate crisis. Seagrass captures 35 times more carbon than tropical rainforests and is home to 40 times more marine life than bare seabeds. All too often the ocean and life beneath the surface is overlooked, but ocean species, like seagrass, truly can help save the world.”
Stuart Singleton-White, Head of Campaigns at Angling Trust, said: “Salmon need free access to cold, clean, water and sit at the heart of the twin threats of climate change and biodiversity loss. A thriving population of salmon is central for ecosystems across their lifecycle, providing a key link between the water, the land and the air. Decisions taken at this year’s biodiversity conference, set alongside those taken at the COP26 climate conference are key if our biodiversity, like salmon, and we, as people are going to prosper.”