About the Campaign:

Together for the Ocean is a global campaign advocating for ocean protection by uniting organizations and stakeholders.

We are coming together for the ocean, to hold governments accountable to their commitment to protect at least 30% by 2030.

Our vision:

We envision a world with healthy and thriving seas, wildlife and communities.We’ve seen a surge of commitments but they must be urgently translated into regional, national and local action to achieve the goal of protecting and conserving at least 30% of the ocean by 2030 (30×30).

Safeguarding and restoring the ocean is crucial for the wellbeing of our planet and future generations.

Policy Priorities

30×30 is a global target to protect and conserve at least 30% of the world’s land, freshwater and ocean by 2030, adopted under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022.

The science is clear: effective marine protection is vital for long-term economic, social and planetary wellbeing. Communities around the world and the future of our planet depend on the recovery and health of the ocean

1. Include ambitious and effective marine biodiversity conservation targets and actions within their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to help meet the global 30×30 marine goal.

2.Urgently increase the scale and pace of establishing new marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), prioritizing areas of high ecological integrity, to achieve 30×30 in the ocean, in concert with initiatives led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

3.Commit to ratify the High Seas Treaty by June 2025, and to accelerate progress to designate and implement all high seas MPA priority sites by 2030, including existing proposals ready to be adopted under other regional treaties.

4.Improve the effective management of new and existing protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, ensuring harmful and destructive activities like bottom trawling are excluded, both in national waters and the high seas.

5.Ensure that sufficient and durable financing for marine protection and conservation is included by all donor countries, multilateral institutions, and other financial partners when fulfilling obligations towards annually contributing $20B by 2025 and $30B by 2035, mobilizing $200B annually by 2030, and ensuring direct access to inclusive financing for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

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Participating organizations

We are a global community of organizations and initiatives who share a common goal to ensure that at least 30% of the global ocean is protected effectively by 2030 :

Bloomberg Philanthropies Ocean Initiative, Campaign for Nature, Blue Marine Foundation, Blue Nature Alliance, Blue Ventures, Beyond Conservation, International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB), Marine Conservation Institute, National Geographic Pristine Seas, NRDC, Oceana, High Seas Alliance, Global Fishing Watch, Fauna and Flora, EarthEcho International, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, Conservation International, Coral Reefs of the High Seas Coalition, Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, WWF, Wildlife Conservation Society, SkyTruth, Rise Up, Rare, ORRAA, Only One

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