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

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 21, 2023 11:26 am

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

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