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<i>What we mean by rewilding the sea</i>

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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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<i>Our aim is to get back
to intact, thriving marine ecosystems</i>

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<i>in rude health
and at their full potential.</i>

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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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<i>but these new marine powerhouses of life</i>

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<i>can help us deliver
our climate change objectives,</i>

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<i>healthy ecosystems,</i>

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<i>fix and store huge amounts of carbon.</i>

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Left alone to thrive,
areas of rewilded sea

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can provide benefits to fisheries
and the communities around them,

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<i>replenishing stocks and creating
nurseries for key species,</i>

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<i>for all of us, for generations to come.</i>

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Serious ambition is urgently needed,
and at scale.

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We talk about saving nature,
but this is about nature saving us.

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<i>We can't go on simply undermining
the very fabric of the system</i>

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<i>that ultimately supports us.</i>

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<i>We need to think big, and act now.</i>

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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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<i>Protecting our coasts
and supporting fisheries.</i>

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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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<i>Marine restoration really does work</i>

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<i>and we're getting better at it
all the time.</i>

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<i>We've made a good start,
exciting things are happening,</i>

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<i>and we've learned
that every sea and coast can benefit.</i>

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Rewilding is seriously underfunded

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and not yet taken seriously in politics.

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<i>It's an essential for everyone.</i>

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<i>We need the ocean thriving
and punching at its full power</i>

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<i>if we are going to revert
planetary disaster.</i>

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Today, wild marine protected areas

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cover six per cent
of global ocean surface.

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Fully protected areas
are less than one per cent.

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<i>Many of them have no adequate
enforcement at all.</i>

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We must overcome barriers to collaboration

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and provide some freedom to innovate,

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<i>improving processes and regulations
to make rewilding possible.</i>

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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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