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What we mean by rewilding the sea

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is any effort to improve 
the health of the ocean

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by leaving it alone to recover

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or actively restoring 
habitats and species.

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Our aim is to get back 
to intact, thriving marine ecosystems

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in rude health 
and at their full potential.

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Rewilding not only secures a future

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for a whole host of marine species
and habitats,

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but these new marine powerhouses
of life

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can help us deliver 
our climate change objectives,

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healthy ecosystems,

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fix and store huge amounts of carbon.

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Left alone to thrive, 
areas of rewilded sea

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can provide benefits to fisheries

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and the communities around them.

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replenishing stocks and creating
nurseries for key species,

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for all of us,
and for generations to come.

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Serious ambition is urgently needed,
and at scale.

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We talk about saving nature,

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but this is about nature saving us.

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We can't go on simply undermining

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the very fabric of the system

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that ultimately supports us.

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We need to think big, and act now.

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We are now entering

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the United Nations decade
of ecosystem restoration.

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This is our moment.

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It's time for us to rethink
how we do things.

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Working together better
across governments,

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industry, environmental bodies,
and academia.

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Protecting our coasts
and supporting fisheries.

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From oysteries to mangroves,

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from America to Africa and Asia,

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restoration successes are happening
all over.

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Marine restoration really does work

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and we're getting better at it
all the time.

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We've made a good start,

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exciting things are happening,

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and we've learned 
that every sea and coast

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can benefit.

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Rewilding is seriously underfunded

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and not yet taken seriously in politics.

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It's an essential for everyone.

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We need the ocean thriving

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and punching at its full power,

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if we are going to revert
planetary disaster.

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Today, wild marine protected areas

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count for six per cent
of global ocean surface.

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Fully protected areas
are less than one per cent.

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Many of them have no adequate
enforcement at all.

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We must overcome barriers
to collaboration,

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and provide some freedom to innovate,

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improving processes and regulations

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to make rewilding possible.

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The future of our vital ocean

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depends on what we do
in the next few years.

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There is a huge potential to achieve
something amazing,

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bringing the life back to oceans
as it used to be.

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All of this is doable.

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We must just get together
and make it happen.

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Let's all work together,
in partnership,

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to restore the marine environment.

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This is a wonderful opportunity,

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for practitioners, regulators 
and funders,

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to come together,

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to raise our collective ambition,

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and rewild the sea.

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