Partnership with UNEP
UNEP's association
with Tara is an extension to its partnership with the late
Sir Peter Blake and what was then the Seamaster. Tara
is bound to UNEP by a common value " …to exert
common efforts for the preservation and improvement of the
human environment, for the benefit of all the people and for
their posterity." (Stockholm Conference, 1972)
UNEP’s sponsorship of Tara gives this unique project
for the environment an international dimension and access
to political decision makers. Tara has been a fantastic
tool to bear witness of the fragility of the environment,
because Tara is not a "cabin cruiser" but a platform
that has adapted itself to six expeditions and to the needs
of the scientists and artists who came on board.
Together, UNEP and the Tara team wish to achieve the following
objectives:
- Explore and
assess environmental conditions and trends.
- Raise awareness
in regards to the wise management of the environment.
- Encourage
new partnerships
- Bring to the
attention of decision makers real-life testimonies about
the state of the environment.
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