Marine environmental awareness Introduction Name – Date

Introduction Contents Shipping and the environment Sustainable development - background Sustainable development - practical Human Element ProSea Foundation Model course Marine Environment Awareness This course Sustainable Shipping?? 2 Photo credits: North Sea Foundation / Green Award Foundation

1. Shipping and the environment ‘Shipping is essential for the world’s economy’ ‘Shipping is the cleanest mode of transport’ Both are true! Photo credits: John Sabella / ProSea

shipping is not perfect … But, shipping is not perfect … Photo credits: ITOPF/ProSea/NOAA/ELASTEC AmericanMarine/North Sea Foundation/NGO Shipbreaking Platform

1. Shipping and the environment Regulations - ‘International Maritime Organization’ MARPOL 73/78 Annex I – oil Annex II – (other) noxious liquid substances Annex III – harmful substances in packaged form Annex IV – sewage Annex V – garbage Annex VI – air AFS Convention – anti fouling systems BWM Convention – ballast water management Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships

2. Sustainable development - background Mankind has changed (I) Technology Knowledge Global market Use of energy & resources vervolgbladen Photo credits: ProSea

2. Sustainable development - background Mankind has changed (II) World population is growing vervolgbladen Illustration credits:Allianz SE

And shipping has changed … Impact on planet Earth has changed vervolgbladen Photo credits: ProSea/North Sea Foundation

2. Sustainable development We have become powerful and change the world when we want: Reclaiming land Terracing Dams for electricity Airports in the sea ……. vervolgbladen Photo credits: www.BeeldbankVenW.nl, Rijkswaterstaat/Wylkie Chan

But we also change the world, when we do not want to: Acid Rain Ozone depletion Extinction of species Climate change Introduction of invasive species … vervolgbladen Photo credits: ProSea/Mohammad Rakibul, Marine Photo Bank

2. Sustainable development ‘We’ have become more powerful Activities are on a bigger scale Signals that the earth is out of balance Political & economic processes are short term Need to act now! Need for long term thinking! vervolgbladen Photo credits: NOAAs Ark - Animals Collection - Personnel of NOAA Ship PEIRCE 1985

1962 USA: ‘Silent Spring’ by Rachel Carson Awareness of environmental issues The 70s / 80s Environmental rules and regulations Restrictions for businesses Environment & Economy seemed opposites

3. Practical Sustainability “Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (WCED 1987)” vervolgbladen

Sustainable development is a balance of 3 P’s People: Acceptance by Society Planet: Preservation environmental quality Profit: Profitability Companies vervolgbladen Sustainability is a fashionable word, but everyone means something else…. Illustration credits: ProSea

4. Human element Sustainable Development is not a fixed recipe! Technical innovations and political measures are important But if people don’t buy in, it will not work… Everybody has his/her own role and responsibilities: Seafarers Shipping Companies Legislators Stakeholders You have to know what you are doing! Competence!! Photo credits: Ocean Beacons International

Everyone is involved: ‘from CEO to ratings’! Photo credits: ITF

5. ProSea Foundation 1998: questionnaire among students of maritime academies in the Netherlands: need for environmental education! 1999: first Marine Awareness Course 2001: ProSea Foundation founded Photo credits: ProSea

ProSea conducts courses for marine professionals – people working at or with the sea Marine Awareness Course for merchant shipping Maritime Academies: Netherlands Denmark, Sweden, UK and Philippines BP Shipping SMIT Salvage Eletson Tankers KOTC ‘Fishing with a future’ courses for fishers Future fishermen (fishing schools) Active fishermen (and fish traders: sustainable fishery supply chains) Photo credits: North Sea Foundation/ProSea

6. Model course ‘marine environment awareness’ Marine Environment Awareness – the role of the human element (YOU!) in prevention of pollution Included in the new STCW Code Officers (chapter II and III) Ratings/deckhands (chapter VI) IMO model course marine environmental awareness for officers Developed by ProSea Foundation Photo credits: Ocean Beacons International

6. Marine Environment Awareness Model course Marine Environment Awareness Sustainable shipping Background stories How does the sea work? Challenges for the shipping industry Workshops Discussion(s) Your opinions and ideas are important ! Invitation to interact…… Photo credits: ProSea

7. This Course – the program Day 1 Personal opinions workshop Planet P How does the sea work? Challenges for shipping I People P workshop Day 2 Challenges for shipping II Innovations workshop Personal involvement workshop Practical: Name tags Reader Certificate Evaluation Photo credits: ProSea

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