Global Marine Programme: Policy work

One aspect of WWF's work to protect the world’s oceans is to influence government policy through various international agreements and conventions.

We bring the realities of overfishing and degradation of the marine environment to decision makers so that they are more likely to agree on policies that benefit the environment.

We work with regional agreements such as the OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, as well as through global conferences and conventions such as the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Ramsar Convention, and the World Parks Congress.

In 2002, WWF's Global Marine Programme conducted a successful Stop Overfishing Campaign to influence the reform of the European Union’s fisheries regulations.

A current priority for WWF is the development of international policy concerning Marine Protected Areas on the High Seas.