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Introduction to Rewilding The Sea

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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
    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, 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,
    but this is about nature saving us.
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    We can't go on simply undermining
    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,
    exciting things are happening,
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    and we've learned
    that every sea and coast 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
    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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    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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    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
    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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Title:
Introduction to Rewilding The Sea
Description:

The introductory film for the Rewilding The Seas conference, a digital conference designed to unite the marine restoration community, hosted by Blue Marine Foundation.

The morning session of the conference can be viewed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2vVHLDsz90
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Video Language:
English
Team:
Amplifying Voices
Project:
Rewillding
Duration:
03:54

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