{"id":3503,"date":"2021-05-18T13:17:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2021-05-18T13:17:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:17:16","slug":"osc-current-march-2021-sea-beyond-tim-paddon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceansupercluster.ca\/fr\/osc-current-march-2021-sea-beyond-tim-paddon\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Beyond OSC Current – March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sea Beyond – The Case for Ocean Literacy in Canada<\/h1>\n

By Tom Paddon, CEO, Vale NL Ltd. & Baffinland Iron Mines Ltd.<\/p>\n

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In thirty years of being involved in businesses that revolved around shipping and the ocean I haven\u2019t met anyone yet who doesn\u2019t care about the environment.\u00a0 But having frequently straddled the arenas of science, business, and environmental concern I\u2019ve been struck by how often misconceptions about businesses \u2013 and the people behind them – arise and persist.<\/p>\n

Mining companies, among the largest customers of the global seaborne trade, are frequent and generous supporters of community causes, a logical reason why we are often asked to contribute to them.\u00a0 Encountering the awkwardness of a recipient organization later explaining that other funders would prefer our contribution not be publicly acknowledged because of their own environmental branding \u2013 and their concern at being associated with a mining company \u2013 was an object lesson in how damaging stereotypes can be.<\/p>\n

Ocean industry is as broad a term as we can imagine and encompasses everything from fish harvesting to shipbuilding including ocean remediation, research and recreation – and yet the word \u2018industry\u2019 is to some a trigger, and not a positive one.\u00a0 In the absence of\u00a0current<\/span>\u00a0knowledge about the scope and innovation of modern ocean industry too many people see it as too extractive, too pollutive, and too self-serving.\u00a0 In reality much is being done to address how ocean industry evolves to meet modern realities and future challenges, the work is wide ranging and genuinely impressive.\u00a0 And most people don\u2019t know about it.\u00a0 Even more fundamentally most people don\u2019t know much at all about the ocean and just how connected they are to it, (and it is just that: one ocean, regardless of how we divide it up and name it).\u00a0 That\u2019s at the root of the problem.\u00a0 When it comes to a comprehension of all things marine – whether local, national or global and whether environmental, cultural or industrial \u2013 many Canadians are semi-literate at best.\u00a0 This needs to change and we all have a part to play.<\/p>\n

A good problem to have is one that is well understood, that you can do much to address, and whose resolution will bring significant beneficial effect.\u00a0 This year marks the start of the United Nation\u2019s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and around the world efforts are being brought to bear on this topic.\u00a0 As with much in life the foundation is education and appreciation and therefore Ocean Literacy \u2013 understanding how we affect the ocean and how it affects us \u2013 is the starting point for many. \u00a0The relatively new\u00a0Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition<\/a>\u00a0launched a national strategy to achieve this, complete with an implementation plan, on March 16th<\/sup>, 2021.\u00a0 I urge everyone to read the strategy and consider the implementation plan and your place in it \u2013 as a business or simply as an individual Canadian.<\/p>\n

We are all tied to the ocean whether in the most vital sense (marine plankton produces at least two thirds of the world\u2019s oxygen), or in more mundane ways (80% of global trade by volume and 70% by value is carried by sea and handled in the world\u2019s ports).\u00a0 By 2050, the estimated world population of 9.1 billion people will require 470 million metric tonnes of animal protein annually.\u00a0 While land-based food production is ripe for significant improvement so that we are better able to produce more protein without using more territory, it is increasingly clear that the capacity of the ocean to responsibly feed billions is only now beginning to be understood.\u00a0 One estimate suggests that the ocean could sustainably produce\u00a0all<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0of the animal protein required in 2050, and while that is unlikely to happen it is clear that our reliance on the ocean will continue to be fundamental \u2013 for the air we breathe, the food we eat, the trade we require, and much more.<\/p>\n

The mandate of the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition and its membership \u2013 which includes the Ocean Supercluster – will necessarily lead more Canadians to valuing and supporting the ocean and ocean industry.\u00a0 It is critical that the voice of responsible industry be heard in the\u00a0current<\/span>\u00a0effort to educate our fellow citizens.\u00a0 It is that knowledge which will have currency in the widening discussion of how best to steward the world\u2019s ocean and we must ensure opinions are well informed.\u00a0 We can all help in this effort, the\u00a0COLC website<\/a>\u00a0is a good place to start.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Au-del\u00e0 des oc\u00e9ans – Le cas de l\u2019alphab\u00e9tisation oc\u00e9anique au Canada<\/h1>\n
Par Tom Paddon, PDG, Vale NL Ltd. et Baffinland Iron Mines Ltd<\/p>\n

En trente ans de participation \u00e0 des entreprises qui gravitaient autour de la navigation maritime et de l\u2019oc\u00e9an, je n\u2019ai encore jamais rencontr\u00e9 personne qui ne se soucie pas de l\u2019environnement. \u00a0Ayant souvent travers\u00e9 les milieux de la science, des affaires et des pr\u00e9occupations environnementales, j\u2019ai cependant \u00e9t\u00e9 frapp\u00e9 par la fr\u00e9quence \u00e0 laquelle les id\u00e9es fausses surgissent et persistent sur les entreprises ainsi que sur les personnes y \u00e9tant rattach\u00e9es.<\/p>\n

Parmi les principaux clients du commerce maritime mondial, les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s mini\u00e8res sont souvent des partisans g\u00e9n\u00e9reux de causes communautaires; une raison logique pour laquelle on nous demande souvent de contribuer \u00e0 ces causes. \u00a0La maladresse d\u2019une organisation b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaire qui explique apr\u00e8s coup que certains bailleurs de fonds pr\u00e9f\u00e9reraient que notre contribution ne soit pas reconnue publiquement en raison de leur image de marque environnementale, et de leur inqui\u00e9tude d\u2019\u00eatre associ\u00e9s \u00e0 une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 mini\u00e8re, fut une le\u00e7on pour moi sur la mani\u00e8re dont les st\u00e9r\u00e9otypes peuvent \u00eatre pr\u00e9judiciables.<\/p>\n

L\u2019industrie oc\u00e9anique est un terme aussi large que nous pouvons l\u2019imaginer et englobe tout, \u00e0 partir de la r\u00e9colte du poisson jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la construction navale, y compris l\u2019assainissement des oc\u00e9ans, la recherche et les loisirs. Pourtant, le mot \u00ab industrie \u00bb est pour certains un \u00e9l\u00e9ment d\u00e9clencheur, qui n\u2019est pas positif. \u00a0En l\u2019absence de connaissances actuelles sur la port\u00e9e et l\u2019innovation de l\u2019industrie oc\u00e9anique moderne, trop de gens la voient comme \u00e9tant trop extractive, trop polluante et trop int\u00e9ress\u00e9e. \u00a0En r\u00e9alit\u00e9, on fait beaucoup pour aborder la fa\u00e7on dont l\u2019industrie oc\u00e9anique \u00e9volue afin de r\u00e9pondre aux r\u00e9alit\u00e9s modernes et aux d\u00e9fis futurs; le travail est vaste et vraiment impressionnant. \u00a0Et la plupart des gens n\u2019en savent rien. \u00a0Plus fondamentalement encore, la plupart des gens ne savent pas grand-chose sur l\u2019oc\u00e9an et ignorent \u00e0 quel point ils y sont connect\u00e9s (et c\u2019est juste cela : un oc\u00e9an, ind\u00e9pendamment de la fa\u00e7on dont nous le divisons et le nommons). \u00a0C\u2019est \u00e0 l\u2019origine du probl\u00e8me. \u00a0Lorsqu\u2019il s\u2019agit de comprendre toutes les choses marines, qu\u2019elles soient locales, nationales ou mondiales et environnementales, culturelles ou industrielles, de nombreux Canadiens sont au mieux semi-alphab\u00e9tis\u00e9s. \u00a0Cela doit changer et nous avons tous un r\u00f4le \u00e0 jouer.<\/p>\n

Un bon probl\u00e8me \u00e0 avoir est celui qui est bien compris, pour lequel vous pouvez faire beaucoup et dont la r\u00e9solution apportera un effet b\u00e9n\u00e9fique important. \u00a0Cette ann\u00e9e marque le d\u00e9but de la D\u00e9cennie pour les sciences oc\u00e9aniques au service du d\u00e9veloppement durable des Nations unies. Des efforts sont d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s dans le monde entier pour se pencher sur la question. \u00a0Comme pour plusieurs choses dans la vie, l\u2019\u00e9ducation et la reconnaissance sont les fondements et de l\u00e0, le point de d\u00e9part pour beaucoup est l\u2019alphab\u00e9tisation oc\u00e9anique : comprendre l\u2019impact de l\u2019oc\u00e9an sur nous et notre impact sur l\u2019oc\u00e9an. \u00a0La relativement nouvelle Coalition canadienne de la connaissance de l\u2019oc\u00e9an, a lanc\u00e9 le 16 mars 2021, une strat\u00e9gie nationale pour y parvenir, ainsi qu\u2019un plan de mise en \u0153uvre. \u00a0J\u2019exhorte tout le monde \u00e0 lire la strat\u00e9gie et \u00e0 r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir au plan de mise en \u0153uvre et \u00e0 votre place dans celui-ci en tant qu\u2019entreprise ou simplement en tant que Canadien.<\/p>\n

Nous sommes tous li\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019oc\u00e9an, que ce soit dans le sens le plus vital (le plancton marin produit au moins les deux tiers de l\u2019oxyg\u00e8ne dans le monde) ou de mani\u00e8re plus terre-\u00e0-terre (80 % du commerce mondial en volume et 70 % en valeur sont transport\u00e9s par la mer et manipul\u00e9s dans les ports du monde). \u00a0La population mondiale estim\u00e9e \u00e0 9,1 milliards d\u2019habitants d\u2019ici 2050 n\u00e9cessitera chaque ann\u00e9e 470 millions de tonnes m\u00e9triques de prot\u00e9ines animales. \u00a0Bien que la production alimentaire terrestre soit m\u00fbre pour des am\u00e9liorations appr\u00e9ciables afin que nous soyons mieux en mesure de produire plus de prot\u00e9ines sans utiliser plus de territoire, il est de plus en plus clair que la capacit\u00e9 des oc\u00e9ans \u00e0 nourrir des milliards de personnes de mani\u00e8re responsable commence \u00e0 peine \u00e0 \u00eatre comprise. \u00a0Une estimation sugg\u00e8re que l\u2019oc\u00e9an pourrait produire de fa\u00e7on durable toutes les prot\u00e9ines animales requises en 2050. Bien qu\u2019il soit peu probable que cela se produise, il est clair que notre d\u00e9pendance \u00e0 l\u2019oc\u00e9an continuera d\u2019\u00eatre fondamentale que ce soit pour l\u2019air que nous respirons, la nourriture que nous mangeons, le commerce dont nous avons besoin et bien plus encore.<\/p>\n

Le mandat de la Coalition canadienne de la connaissance de l\u2019oc\u00e9an et de ses membres, dont Supergrappe des oc\u00e9ans, am\u00e8nera n\u00e9cessairement plus de Canadiens \u00e0 valoriser et \u00e0 soutenir les oc\u00e9ans et l\u2019industrie des oc\u00e9ans. \u00a0Il est essentiel que la voix de l\u2019industrie responsable soit entendue dans l\u2019effort en cours d\u2019\u00e9duquer nos concitoyens. \u00a0C\u2019est cette connaissance qui aura une valeur dans le d\u00e9bat de plus en plus vaste sur la meilleure fa\u00e7on de g\u00e9rer les oc\u00e9ans du monde et nous devons nous assurer que les opinions soient bien inform\u00e9es. \u00a0Nous pouvons tous contribuer \u00e0 cet effort. Le site Web de la Coalition canadienne de la connaissance de l\u2019oc\u00e9an est d\u2019ailleurs un bon point de d\u00e9part.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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