The creation of the first two marine parks Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced within the month. The first will take place in the Ionian Sea and the second in the Cyclades, as the prime minister said.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking on Monday afternoon (June 9th) at the 3rd Conference on Monday afternoon (June 9th), referred to Greek priorities for sea safety and protection of the oceans. UN For the oceans held in Nice, France.
On the agenda of the conference there are climate, change, pollution, biodiversity and sustainable fishing and the Greek prime minister in the context of national intervention announced that Greece is immediately proceeding with two new maritime parks in its seas.
In particular, he announced that Greece will create two new national parks before the end of the month Ionian and the southern Cyclades.
The creation of the two national marine parks in the Ionian and the Aegean is part of our country’s commitments to increase the size of its maritime protected areas to 30% of its territorial waters. Greece is committed to the 30×30 initiative, ie 30% of marine wealth by 2030.
The Greek prime minister also referred to security issues and reiterated Greece’s support for fleeting efforts, but stressed that this should be overall otherwise it would be ineffective.