The state of world’s ocean is in decline. From overfishing and pollution to climate change, the threats to ocean health are many and varied. That’s why the UN Secretary-General created a .
Our future depends on a clean and healthy ocean, where protection and sustainable use go hand in hand. The ocean is under threat from the effects of climate change, pollution, loss of biodiversity and unsustainable use. To respond we need to build partnerships between government, industry, science and civil society, putting knowledge, technology and finance into action. In Seychelles they're doing just that: financing ocean protection.
In the province of Brindisi, in the Southern Italian peninsula called Salento, two restaurants have FAO in their names, because their owners decided to name them after the FAO fishing zone they belong to.