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This World Oceans Day, Celebrate the Parks of the Sea

June 8, 2009

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
fishandgamecommission, healthyoceans, marinedebris, marinelifeprotectionact, marineprotectedareas, oceanacidification, Schwarzenegger, secretarychrisman, worldoceansday

Co-Authored with Karen Garrison What better way to celebrate the international holiday honoring the oceans than by paying respect to the marine protected areas of the world?!  Marine protected areas (MPAs) are recognized the world over as important tools to help...continued

Every Day is Oceans Day, Especially June 8

June 2, 2009

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
healthyoceans, marinedebris, oceanacidification, oceans, unitednations, worldoceansday

Get ready to celebrate all there is to love about the oceans; get motivated to help protect and restore the marine environment; June 8th is World Oceans Day! Since June 8, 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and...continued

Obama’s Ocean 100

April 29, 2009

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
100days, FERC, lubchenco, MMS, NOAA, oceanacidification, outercontinentalshelf, panetta, renewable, salazar

In the first 100 days in office, President Obama and his newly appointed agency heads have moved quickly to address some priority ocean issues, particularly our energy policy for federal ocean areas-the Outer Continental Shelf-and ocean impacts of climate change...continued

Oceans Day, 2009

March 27, 2009

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
climatechange, marinedebris, marineprotectedareas, ocean, oceanacidification

I don't love waking up at 5am, unless its for a dawn patrol surf session or to do some serious advocacy on behalf of our Oceans.  This Wednesday, my colleagues and I were all up well before the dawn to travel...continued

Ocean Inspiration: IMAX Under the Sea 3D

February 13, 2009

Posted by Leila Monroe in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
oceanacidification, oceans, simplesteps

For many of us in NRDC's Oceans Program, our work is motivated by a deep connection to the ocean that we've developed through experiences diving, swimming, surfing, and fishing. If you don't live, work, or play on the ocean, it...continued