OnlyThisMuch SA

WILDOCEANS, the marine conservation, research and capacity building arm of the WILDTRUST (www.wildtrust.co.za), recognised the need to launch an advocacy and awareness campaign that could outline the benefits of marine protected areas (MPAs) and highlight ocean threats – with the goal of advancing protection in the oceans around South Africa. Amid stiff opposition from the oil and gas industry, a broad-based coalition of organisations including WILDOCEANS, Ocean Unite, WWF-SA, Centre for Environmental Rights and the South African Association for Marine Biological Research (SAAMBR) launched an advocacy and awareness campaign Only This Much (www.onlythismuch.co.za), which seeks to mobilise a regional movement for increased protection across all African national waters and Africa’s Southern Ocean territories. 

Only This Much hopes to mobilise a regional movement for increased ocean protection, paving the way for African states to support a target of at least 30% ocean protection by 2030.