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The documentary, titled Signal — a reference to the ocean’s “final signal” to humanity — captures the firsthand accounts of individuals around the world confronting marine destruction. (Image created by ChatGPT) BUSAN, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Greenpeace, in collaboration with the Busan International Short Film Festival, will screen a documentary addressing the escalating crisis facing the world’s oceans on April 28 at 7 p.m.
at the Busan Cinema Center’s outdoor theater. The documentary, titled Signal — a reference to the ocean’s “final signal” to humanity — captures the firsthand accounts of individuals around the world confronting marine destruction. The film features Indonesian farmers, Australian divers, South Korean haenyeo (traditional women divers) from Jeju Island, Greenpeace environmental monitoring teams and marine activists, Mexican fishermen, and French researchers studying ocean noise pollution.
The screening comes ahead of the high-level Our Ocean Conference scheduled to take place in Busan, where global leaders will discuss marine pollution, climate change, and ocean conservation. The documentary, titled Signal — a reference to the ocean’s “final signal” to humanity — captures the firsthand accounts of individuals around the world confronting marine destruction. (Green Peace) Greenpeace and the documentary’s production team, alongside environmental supporters and citizens, plan to use the occasion to call on government representatives to expand protections for the high seas.
Greenpeace has long advocated for designating 30 percent of the high seas — which cover two-thirds of the world’s oceans and fall outside national jurisdictions — as marine protected areas. The organization warns that the lack of governance has led to rampant resource exploitation, placing ocean ecosystems under severe threat. According to Greenpeace, 37 percent of all shark and ray species are now endangered, with approximately 100 million sharks caught commercially each year.
Global shark populations have declined by an estimated 70 percent over the past 50 years. The looming threat of deep-sea mining has further intensified calls for robust international governance to safeguard the oceans. In response, the international community reached agreement on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) treaty in early 2023.
Although South Korea signed the treaty in October 2024, the country has yet to ratify it. The ratification bill has passed the Cabinet and now awaits final approval from the National Assembly. Greenpeace hopes the Signal screening will galvanize public support and prompt swift action from global leaders to protect the oceans before irreversible damage is done.
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