the oceanographic institute, first official member of the global coalition for biodiversity

On the occasion of World Wildlife Day on 3 March 2020, the European Commission launched a new Global Biodiversity Coalition at the Oceanographic Museum.

With this communication campaign, the Commission is calling for increased action to protect biodiversity, using national parks, aquariums, botanical gardens, zoos, science museums and natural history museums to join forces to raise public awareness of the ecological crisis.

In the current context of a health crisis, it seems more important than ever that mobilization, protection and education actions lead to a public reaction to the dramatic consequences of the biodiversity crisis.

The partnership between the European Commission and the Monaco Oceanographic Institute began in 2017 with the highly successful World aquariums #ReadyToChange to #BeatPlasticPollution Coalition, which brought together more than 200 aquariums in 41 countries to raise awareness of marine litter worldwide.

More information in the press release to download.