The Protection of the high and deep sea needs more Promoters! Our Earth is a planet of water. The high seas form more than half of the habitat of our blue planet. They comprise the largest ecological system on Earth and are home to millions of animal and plant species. The oceans are the primary engine of the global climate and are a substantial source of food and resourses for mankind. But the network of interconected seas face a variety of threats. Each day environmental pollution and false management of resources destroy this unique habitat. Only with united efforts on national and international level can this cruel sell-out can be stopped. DEEPWAVE, the initiative for the protection of the high and deep sea, is working for the awareness of this issue. Please download our information leafletter (PDF ca. 860 kb or JPG ca. 140 kb) in English.

“The world, which we have created, is the result of an outdated way of thinking. The problems developing from it cannot be solved by the same way of thinking that created them."
Albert Einstein

Mare Librum - Freedom of the seas.
The open ocean is so enormous that, like the air, it does not belong to anyone. Its fishing grounds are inexhaustible; its riches freely available; and its endless deeps can forever hold our waste.

So one once thought. The bounty of the oceans is not limitless. Its living resources are finite; its capacity for our garbage far exceeded. The seas are not the property of humans or nations. They are the common heritage of mankind, are in fact our all property.

The public’s knowledge of the oceans is still small. Despite the increased attendance in aquariums and museums only a few preople are able to answer fundamental questions about the oceans. Few can state why the oceans are so important for mankind’s survival. And fewer still know that more plants and animal species live in the oceans than on land.

In surveys asking the public what they believe to be the primary cause of ocean pollution most people blame large-scale industry or the worldwide commercial eploitation of resources.

In reality the ocean suffers far more long term damage as a result of everyday human activities. Through the uncontrolled introduction of waste water, the rain discharge from parking lots and roads, or the washing of agricultural surfaces thousands of tons of poisonous materials flow daily into the the rivers and oceans of the world. In the year 1989 - the year of the Exxon Valdez oil spill - 15 times more oil flowed from North American rivers into the ocean, than by the serious tanker spill, which dumped 35,000 tons into the Prince William Sound. Annually 2 million tons of oil in the ocean disappears silently into rivers.