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High Hopes that Obama and Team Will Get Ocean Management Right

December 17, 2008

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
greentransition, marinespatialplanning, oceans, renewableenergy

President-elect Obama and his team of advisors have shown an unprecedented level of interest in carefully considering the complexities and competing interests that must be balanced--the interests of conservation, fishing, energy, and recreation--to effectively manage and protect our vast, depleted...continued

Obama's Opportunities to Save Our Oceans

November 25, 2008

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
greentransition, marineprotectedareas, marinespatialplanning, oceans, overfishing

As the excitement of the election transitions into action, we must ensure that the new administration is focused on our nation’s most critical environmental issues –like saving our sick oceans.  Our oceans are a vital national and global resource.  They...continued