Environmental Justice Foundation
💙 Today is !
The ocean is the blue, beating heart of our planet. It is the reason humans can survive - yet, we are putting it under immense pressure.
We are nothing without the ocean. It regulates our climate, feeds billions, employs millions, and performs an array of critical services.
However, destructive human activities are disrupting this balance. It is the responsibility of governments across to globe to put an end to the scourge of illegal fishing, plastic pollution, and climate breakdown which have jeopardised the sea.
However, there is reason to hope for a sustainable future. The UN High Seas Treaty has recently entered into force - a win for multilateral action and the first international treaty for the protection of areas beyond national jurisdiction.
At EJF, we are also taking action to protect marine wildlife and document and expose environmental crimes, alongside ocean defenders in coastal communities. Transparency is the key to exposing the exploitation that is driving its decline.
To ensure this treaty and efforts of all ocean defenders are not in vain, governments need to take further action to restore and protect ocean ecosystems. Next week’s Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa is a golden opportunity to transform ocean governance and commit to greater transparency.
02/06/2026
🐢 Healthy turtles, healthy seas.
Our EJF Ghana team is working hard to not only protect sea turtles with beach patrols, but also educate future generations about the importance of conserving them.
Learn more about our recent action with students in Senya Beraku on ⬇️
29/05/2026
✊ The fight for the right to reduce
Plastics have embedded themselves into every aspect of modern life, making it nearly impossible to fully avoid or refuse them. Plastics are littered throughout our environment and bodies, with devastating impacts on planetary and human health.
Our current economic system relies on overproduction and maintaining our throw-away, single-use culture. This cannot continue: the shared health of people and planet is at stake.
This is why we’re introducing the phrase: “Right to Reduce”. We believe that humans have the right to reduce their plastic consumption; however, this fundamental right is not protected.
It is time for governments, at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations and within their own countries and regions, to find the ambition to implement the tools that will protect this right to reduce.
Find the link to our policy paper in the comments ⬇️
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