The republic of South Africa has invoke to the coastal countries with the request to don’t harm to ecosystems by use of resources of the World ocean. With such request Martinus fan Skalquake, minister of preservation of the environment and tourism of republic of South Africa , has take action coming to The conference on the international waters in Cape Town. The conference on the international waters is hold for the fourth time by The Global organization of an environment and by the specialized organizations of the United Nations - The Program of development of the United Nations, The Program on an environment of the United Nations and by The World Bank.
” Any coastal state has the right to use ocean’s riches, but we should recognize presence of back side of using of ecological limits “, - minister has emphasized, having specified on importance of international cooperation in the field of protection of resources of ocean.
More than 350 delegates from 135 countries ,within four days ,discussed about the basic problems of international water ecosystem, about new resources of their studying and about the control over water ecosystem condition, about cooperation of the countries in reasonable utilization of water ecosystem. Besides water areas of the seas and oceans which wash coast of the several countries, the concept ” the international waters ” includes the global river and lake systems, and also underground stocks of water for which use arrogate simultaneously several states. In total the world community for these needs allocates the impressive sum of four billion dollars.
Among most sharp questions of discussions - restoration of the lost coral reeves, the international cooperation in protection of ecosystems of the World ocean. Most of all funds for these needs of the United Nations allocates to Africa - in close proximity 100 million dollars per a year. At the western coast of The Black continent passes well-known Bengal flow. It is one of the richest in the world sources of ocean bio-resources where extraction of diamonds, oil and gas from a coastal shelf is conducted.