17 May 2010

UN / GREEN ECONOMY REPORT

A new UN report says that an $8 billion investment annually in rebuilding and 'greening’ the world’s fisheries could both increase fish catches and generate $1.7 trillion in long-term economic returns over the next four decades. FILE

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STORY: UN / GREEN ECONOMY REPORT 
TRT: 1:26
SOURCE: UNTV/ GREENPEACE/
RESTRICTIONS: GREEN PEACE NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE – UNTV- 15 FEBRUARY-15 MARCH 2008, BALI, INDONESIA

1. Wide shot, fishing boat
2. Wide shot, fishing boat haul taken from underwater

FILE - GREENPEACE - NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY DATE UNKNOWN

3. Zoom out, fish catch in storage
4. Various shots, dead fish
5. Wide shot, huge nets filled with fish on deck
6. Wide shot, EU Stern Trawler on high seas

FILE - IRIN - MARCH 2008, PATTERGHATTA, SOUTHERN BANGLADESH

7. Various shots, fishing boats

FILE - UNICEF - DATE UNKOWN, IBRAHIM HAIDERY SETTLEMENT, KARACHI, PAKISTAN

8. Various shots, fishermen working

FILE – UNDP-- DATE UNKNOWN, MUHELI, COMOROS ISLANDS

9. Various shots, fishermen fishing for lobster

FILE -- UNFPA - APRIL 2006, SOUTHERN THAILAND

10. Med shot, Burmese migrant women working in Rannong fish market 
11. Med shot, containers of fish being raised from barge 
12. Various shots, women sorting fish at Rannong fish market

FILE -- IRIN -- MARCH 2008, PATTERGHATTA, SOUTHERN BANGLADESH

13. Various shots, people making fishing nets

STORYLINE:

A new United Nations report says that an $8 billion investment annually in rebuilding and 'greening' the world's fisheries could both increase fish catches and generate $1.7 trillion in long-term economic returns over the next four decades.

An influx to the fishing sector – with funding being covered by scaling down or phasing out the nearly $30 billion worth of subsidies in place currently – is needed to curb the excess capacity of the world's fishing fleets while supporting workers in alternative livelihoods.

Funding is also vital to reform the management of fisheries through such policies as setting up marine protected areas to allow depleted stocks to recover and to grow, says the Green Economy report, whose preview version was released today.

The choices governments make now and in the coming years regarding the fishing industry will impact more than half a billion people, he pointed out.

The final version of the report – covering 11 sectors, including agriculture, waste and tourism – will be issued later this year.