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Ocean health is at a critical stage, and radical changes need to be made by people everywhere to allow sustainable management and development.

Knowing that women continue to be under-represented in the field of ocean protection, particularly in decision-making roles, experts at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, are calling for an action plan to change that.

Ana Carmo who’s at the conference for UN News in the Portuguese capital, spoke to Maria Damanaki, founder of Leading Women for the Ocean.


This content originally appeared on UN News and was authored by Ana Carmo, UN News.

Citations

[1] Lungs of our planet - UN Ocean Conference ➤ https://news.un.org/pages/lungs-of-our-planet/