ASOC: Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
ASOC, a coalition of conservation groups, has advocated for stronger protection of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean since 1978 (ASOC).
Image: NASA (GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001951, Ross Sea bloom, Jan. 22, 2011, public domain).
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Working since 1978 for protected areas in the Southern Ocean.
The Southern Ocean covers around 10% of the global ocean and supports thousands of species found nowhere else on Earth (ASOC).
Source: ASOC (Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition), home page
Explain Like I'm 10
- The sea around Antarctica is full of life found nowhere else.
- Climate change and fishing put it at risk.
- ASOC asks governments to protect special areas.
The Five W's of ASOC
Who
The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition: staff, campaigners, coalition members and supporters.
Source: ASOC (Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition), home page
What
Campaigns for marine protected areas and on the climate crisis in Antarctica.
Source: ASOC (Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition), home page
Where
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
Source: ASOC (Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition), home page
How You Can Help
- Take action for Antarctica: cut carbon, learn, talk to friends and family, eat penguin-friendly
- World Penguin Day art contest: a creative way for students to join in
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Saving Planets features ASOC because its work helps the planet. This is a showcase, not a partnership: we are not partners with ASOC and receive nothing from it.
Connected Solutions
- Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area The world's largest marine protected area.
Impact Statement
Nonprofit coalition · since 1978
It supports the Domain 1 marine protected area to protect the Antarctic Peninsula's critical feeding and breeding grounds (ASOC).
Source: ASOC (Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition), home page
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ASOC has been advocating for stronger Antarctic protections since 1978 (ASOC).
How This Saves People & the Planet
For People
ASOC links protecting Antarctica to a climate-safe future for humanity (ASOC).
Source: ASOC (Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition), home page
For Nature
Protected areas help Antarctic wildlife stay resilient in a changing climate (ASOC).
Source: ASOC (Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition), home page
Support ASOC
ASOC accepts donations for its Antarctic work.
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