Dear inhabitant of this wonderful planet,
Various countries are claiming incredibly vast areas of land at the bottom of
our seas and oceans. Going way beyond the 200 mile continental shelf limit. Never satisfied and wanting to safeguard or increase
their political and economic weight for generations to come. In
their countries.
What about the countries that have a small coastline or none at all? Is it justified to claim thousands of miles of ocean land starting from just a pinprick of an uninhabited island? Will the battle for oil and other minerals continue to cause damage
our planet Earth cannot sustain?
Have we had to come to the 21st century to decide to start everything over again? Or to let it happen? Waging wars and battles to rule the waves or rather to have a "superior" welfare system in one country while utter misery in another. Sorry, but that is surely not the way to go.
It is time to change gears. And yes, drastically, in reverse.
Going at the speed we are going today, the probability is there will be very few future generations left. Declaring the entire bottom of
our oceans outside the 200 mile limit the
property of Humanity. That is the right direction to take.
Sharing new-gained wealth from it can then be spent equitably on the development of all
our countries and on Nature care to the benefit of many, many generations to come. Finally a way to battle against the disgraceful poverty in many countries and against pollution that is slowly killing our planet.
Let us convince our leaders to start thinking in a new way with a
world vision. And battle for
our oceans to safeguard the future of all and to save our planet.
Many thanks for giving this serious thought. And for the action you take to make it happen.
Best regards,
Pedro and partners
Oceans for all
www.oceansforall.net
