‘Revive Our Ocean’ Initiative

News: A new global initiative called ‘Revive Our Ocean’ was launched on April 24, 2025, with a goal to scale up effective, community-led marine protected areas (MPAs) through local action. ‘Revive Our Ocean’ Initiative.

About ‘Revive Our Ocean’ Initiative

• It aims to help communities profit from efforts to protect at least 30% of the world’s oceans by the end of 2030. It will assist local communities in their efforts to establish “marine protected areas” in coastal waters.
• One of the biggest goals of the initiative is to end destructive fishing practices, especially bottom trawling.
• Launched by: NGO Dynamic Planet together with the National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas programme.
• Financing: The initiative also plans to launch a microfinance program to help communities get loans and grants for starting or expanding their own protected areas.
• Focus countries: It will focus initially on tackling overfishing and ocean climate impacts in Britain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, the Philippines and Indonesia.
• Part of 30By30 Target: The 30By30 target of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) aims to protect 30 per cent of the oceans by 2030.
  • As per Protected Planet Report, 2024, though more than 16,000 MPAs have been established globally, amounting 8 per cent of the world’s oceans, only three per cent are currently under full protection.