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Jane Fonda warns oceans are 'dying' amid UN treaty talks

UNITED NATIONS: Actor and activist Jane Fonda warned on Monday that humanity was 'losing the ocean,' as two weeks of negotiations begin at the United Nations on a treaty to protect the high seas.

'The ocean provides us with 50 percent of our oxygen, and it feeds billions of people — and it's dying,' the 85-year-old American icon told Agence France-Presse (AFP) in an interview.

Jane Fonda speaks before handing a Greenpeace-organized petition containing 5 million signatures from 157 countries calling for a strong global ocean treaty, to Rena Lee (not pictured), ambassador for oceans and law of the sea issues, in New York City on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. AFP Jane Fonda speaks before handing a Greenpeace-organized petition containing 5 million signatures from 157 countries calling for a strong global ocean treaty, to Rena Lee (not pictured), ambassador for oceans and law of the sea issues, in New York City on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. AFP
Jane Fonda speaks before handing a Greenpeace-organized petition containing 5 million signatures from 157 countries calling for a strong global ocean treaty, to Rena Lee (not pictured), ambassador for oceans and law of the sea issues, in New York City on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. AFP