IMO promotes PSSA awareness
IMO has launched a new interactive display on Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) at its headquarters and a new PSSA website to promote awareness on the issue.
A PSSA is an area that needs special protection from damage by international maritime activities because of its significance for recognised ecological, socio-economic or scientific reasons.
To date, IMO has designated 14 PSSAs including the Great Barrier Reef in Australia (designated a PSSA in 1990) and the Sabana-Camagüey Archipelago in Cuba (1997).
The new display and website at IMO headquarters include videos, pictures, maps, and graphic displays, telling the unique story of each of the 14 PSSAs, together with a special insight on IMO’s work on this topic, past, present and future.
Funding comes from generous contributions of support from Australia, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea and Sweden.
Koji Sekimizu, Secretary-General, IMO, said that he wanted the project to stand as a reminder of the substantial contribution that has been made to environmental protection through IMO’s PSSA scheme.
He said: “But, more than that, I hope that it will galvanise further efforts to identify, and protect, more of these special areas throughout the world.”
More information from www.pssa.imo.org
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