Global Citizen Project: Life Below Water/Life On Land

• Ocean acidification and rising ocean temperatures are threatening ocean life and negatively affecting marine ecosystem services. Between 2009 and 2018, the world lost about 14 per cent of coral reefs.
• In 2021, more than 17 million metric tons of plastic entered the world’s ocean, making up 85 per cent of marine litter. The volume of plastic pollution entering the ocean each year is expected to double or triple by 2040.
• The global coverage of marine protected areas stood at 8 per cent of global coastal waters and oceans in 2021.
• More than a third (35.4 per cent) of global fish stocks were overfished in 2019, up from 34.2 per cent in 2017 and 10 per cent in 1974. However, the rate of decline has recently slowed.
• Forest cover fell from 31.9  per cent of total land area in 2000 to 31.2 per cent in 2020, a net loss of almost 100  million hectares.
• Agricultural expansion is driving almost 90 per cent of global deforestation, including 49.6 per cent from expansion for cropland and 38.5 per cent for livestock grazing.
• Between 2010 and 2021, the area of forest land under certification schemes increased by 35 per cent. The proportion of forests under a long-term management plan increased from 54 per cent in 2010 to 58 per cent in 2020.
• More than 700 million hectares of forest (18 per cent) were in legally established protected areas in 2020.
• Human activities such as logging and farming are encroaching upon habitats, putting about 20 per cent of reptile species at risk.

Questions you need to know for your project:

     1. Define and explain your problem

     2. What causes your problem?

     3. How does it affect people, animals, or the Earth?

     4. What should we do to help fix the problem?

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