“As manager of the nation’s public lands, including national parks and wildlife refuges, and as the agency responsible for the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats, we are in a unique position to improve our EarthHaaland said in a statement.
plastic waste is devastating for fish and other wildlife, affecting above all the oceans. Of the more than 300 million tons of plastic produced annually in the world, at least 14 million tons end up in the oceanassured from the Department of the Interior.
Although the plastics industry tried to convince that the problem can be overcome with recycling, just 9% of the plastic manufactured globally was recycled. And besides that rate remains stagnant.
Christy Leavittdirector of the plastics campaign of the non-profit organization Oceana, celebrated before AFP that “the Biden administration is taking a big step to protect our oceans from single-use plastic”.
Oceana and another 300 organizations and companies requested the action in a letter sent last year to the US government. The announced measure covers the 423 national parks as well as the wildlife refuges and other lands and waters managed by the Department of the Interior. Total, 20% of the land in the United Stateswhich receive about 400 million visitors a year.
In that sense, Leavitt assured that he hoped that “cities, counties and states across the country move forward” in the same direction.
The White House also announced that the hudson canyonlocated along the coast of New York, about 4 km deep and with a number of threatened species, will become protected area. He also announced the start of efforts to create a Ocean Climate Action Plan.
Source: Ambito
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