Tiefsee under pressure: survey shows great importance of marine protection

Tiefsee under pressure: survey shows great importance of marine protection

Hamburg, July 29, 2024 - The threat to the Arctic deep sea by planned mining has gained urgency in recent months. A new result of a representative survey by the opinion research institute YouGov shows that many people in Germany consider deep -sea protection as important as the fight against the climate crisis. These findings have initiated the interest and concern of the public about the future of the world's oceans.

survey results illustrate the awareness of deep -sea protection

The survey shows that 87 percent of those entitled to vote consider the protection of the sea to be important. It is particularly striking that 78 percent grant a high importance of deep -sea protection, which underlines the relevance of this topic. Nevertheless, only 14 percent of those surveyed know exactly what is to be understood by the term “deep -sea mountain construction”. Greenpeace Sea biologist Franziska Saalmann warns of the devastating consequences that this predatory building-like dealings with nature could bring.

planned expedition in response to lack of knowledge

In order to raise public awareness and collect important data about the deep sea, Greenpeace Nordic and Greenpeace Germany start an expedition in the controversial Arctic regions. This expedition is intended to obtain important information about marine mammals such as whales and their lifestyle in the potential mining area. Saalmann emphasizes the need for this research: "The deep sea has an enormous meaning for the networked food chains and our worldwide climate. Our scientific data will make an important contribution to supplementing other research in this area."

Norway's steps into the deep sea

Against the background of the planned expedition, Norway is criticized, since the country has already released a huge area in the Arctic for Tiefsebergbau. Licenses for mining are to be awarded in the first half of 2025. These legal steps contradict the strong wish on the part of the population to protect the special habitat of the deep sea. 80 percent of the respondents support measures to protect the Arctic and call for rethinking in political decision -making.

activism to support deep -sea protection