00:00Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled on Monday the EU-Oceans Pact at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice.
00:11Hosted by France, the conference brings together some 60 countries in a joint effort to protect oceans.
00:20We need to protect ocean health and its resources.
00:25I mean, we often speak about the fact that the rainforests are our green lungs.
00:31If this is the case, our oceans are our veins and arteries.
00:36We cannot live without them.
00:38And everything which is flowing through our arteries and our veins, the water, is essential to survive.
00:48The strategy will revise several EU laws related to maritime areas.
00:54It should also boost the competitiveness of the maritime industry with a new plan for the sector.
01:01Von der Leyen also promised that 1 billion euro would be allocated for 50 projects around the world for scientists and the conservation of oceans.
