By now, most of us are aware that สล็อตxo climate change, overfishing and plastic pollution has led to a serious deterioration of our seas and oceans. But just how bad is it? Here is a number worth pondering: Humans have killed around 90 per cent of the sharks and big fish in the wild.
“Most of the big fish, like the tuna, marlin and snapper, have been depleted dramatically,” said oceanographer and environmental activist Philippe Cousteau. “I look at my daughter who is two years old and I know there are things she will never see – ecosystems and animals that are diminished beyond return and repair.”
If his name sounds familiar, it is because he is the grandson of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, the French marine explorer, filmmaker, co-inventor of the aqualung for scuba diving and pioneering conservationist.
Inspired by the legacy of his grandfather, the younger Cousteau is a prolific advocate for marine and environmental conservation. A multi Emmy-nominated TV host for the series Awesome Planet, the multi-hyphenate is also an author, speaker and social entrepreneur.
Some of the statistics, which he reels off during the Zoom interview with CNA Luxury from his home in Los Angeles, are rather depressing. “In my lifetime of 40 years, we have lost half of the world’s biodiversity and a little more than 65 per cent of wildlife on Earth has disappeared,” he said.
But rather than give in to despair, Cousteau is placing his hope on mankind’s willingness to give the ocean a fighting chance as well as the ocean’s own capacity to regenerate. After a year of COVID-19 related travel restrictions, he recently had the opportunity to travel to Belize and Jordan where he was greatly heartened by what he saw during his scuba diving expeditions.