MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDER

Oceans are perceived as vast, immense, and at first sight, indestructible, but they are fragile. Powerful sharks, tunas, whales, giant squid, sperm whales, manta rays, and orcas are, contrary to what many may think, fragile, very fragile. They are part of an intricate web of life, to which us fragile humans also belong and to which we must add thousands of magnificent animals, beautiful corals, and fishes that are rapidly disappearing from this universe we call the ocean.

There is still hope, but to succeed everything must rotate around a common cause. Even though it is difficult to accept, individual efforts are no longer enough, nor are expressions of preoccupation or prodigious speeches. We need action. We need governments working together, as well as the private sector, and civil society. Thoughtful reflection and the awareness of the extremes that we are conducting our planet to, must be joined to tangible and renewed actions to make life and humankind’s coexistence with the oceans sustainable.

Leaving the problem for future generations to solve is not an option. We have the moral duty to act and the opportunity to change the course of history.

Bernardo Sambra

Founder | The Living Oceans Initiative