WWF Annual Review 2022 - 30

OUR G L OB A L WOR K
GLOBAL
PROGRESS ON
PLASTICS
Concerted action against the
ocean plastics crisis yielded
unanimous agreement at the
UN Environment Assembly to
develop a legally binding treaty
to end plastic pollution. WWF
has campaigned for years for
governments to safeguard both
people and nature from plastic
pollution, with more than 2.2
million people around the world
signing our plastics petition
and over 160 companies and
more than 1,000 civil society
organizations backing calls
for a treaty.
A legally binding global
agreement should set rules
for the full life cycle of plastic,
and enable governments,
businesses and society to be
held accountable for eliminating
plastic pollution and shifting
to a circular plastics economy.
Now, attention turns to agreeing
a robust, ambitious treaty by the
end of 2024. Action is needed
urgently to stop more plastic
ending up in nature: if current
trends continue, plastic debris
in the ocean will quadruple
by 2050.
WWF.PANDA.ORG/OCEANS
OCEANS
A green turtle in
waters around the
Galápagos Islands where
a new marine reserve has
been established
OUR GOAL:
A PRODUCTIVE AND
RESILIENT OCEAN,
SUSTAINING HUMAN
WELL-BEING AND
BIODIVERSITY, WITH
30% OF MARINE
ECOSYSTEMS PROTECTED
WWF INTERNATIONAL 2022
PACIFIC PROTECTION
WWF support has helped
lead to new protected areas in
the eastern tropical Pacific.
A 60,000km2
its target of protecting 30%
of coastal waters ahead
of schedule.
marine reserve in
the biodiversity-rich Galápagos
Islands has been established by
Ecuador. Colombia also created
new marine protected areas,
with the country now meeting
HOPE FOR ENDANGERED SHARKS
Tuna fishing countries agreed
a historic rebuilding strategy
for endangered mako sharks in
the North Atlantic. We're now
pressing other regional fisheries
management organizations
to adopt similar sciencebased
measures to halt the
catastrophic decline in shark
and ray species, often caught
accidentally or deliberately in
tuna fisheries.
NET-FREE HAVEN
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