Climate change has taken a serious toll on the world, slowly degrading Marine World heritage sites, that have been tirelessly protecting sensitive plants and animals from the industrial developments’ rescindment . UNESCO’s World Heritage Marine Programme has played an emphatic role to protect these places, but the wave of the climate change is too strong to be bolted down. On that account, since 2008 Jaeger-LeCoultre has offered unparalleled support for the latter, magnifying the resilience of the marine ecosystems against climate change.
World leaders are gathering in Paris from 30 November to 11 December for the 21st Conference of Parties to reach a universal agreement on keeping global warming below 2°C. During the conference, Dr. Fanny Douvere, coordinator of the Marine Programme at UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre in Paris will diligently initiate a debate under the patronage of the famed Jaeger-LeCoultre. Her aim is to raise awareness among world leaders on the retribution caused by the climate change in the 47 ocean places protected by the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. As far as one can see, the UNESCO’s World Heritage sites encompass over 10% by surface area of all marine protected areas on Earth, ergo featuring extremely old coral reefs, the largest population of Pacific walrus, ancestral polar bear dens, the birthplace of Pacific grey whales and primary layover points for millions of migratory birds.
Jaeger-LeCoultre has manifestly contributed in reducing threats from adverse overfishing, coastal development, and polluted run-off by supporting the government and partnering with UNESCO on a day-to-day basis. The prosperous partnership is aimed at building a solid foundation for the fragile marine ecosystems, allowing them to recover promptly after a climate change.
To top it all off, Jaeger-LeCoultre has concretely made donations in regards to the countries that need help improving their aptitude to block illegal fisheries. With a donation of 30,000 euros, this luxurious brand has helped Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park tackle illegal fishing, not to mention create a larger initiative that showcased a crowdfunded patrol boat, new radars and a centralized surveillance center.
Jaeger-LeCoultre’s help and contribution will not go unnoted, especially with the brilliant twinning cooperation between Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (USA) and the Norwegian Fjords (Norway) that is intended in far more mundane ways to derive environmentally friendly cruise shipping across the World Heritage Marine network.
A profuse contribution in both moral and financial terms that has left the world thankful one too many times.
Cindy Menassa
