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Key issues:

• Protect our oceans. “The fact that less than one percent of the world’s oceans are covered by marine protected areas is a catastrophe waiting to happen,” says Dan Laffoley, Chair of the World Commission on Protected Areas, Marine. “Just because these places are under water and not highly visible does not mean they should be ignored. It’s time to expand marine protected areas and save our oceans from threats like over-fishing and climate change.”
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• Adapt to climate change. “Climate change is already happening so how we deal with it is a question that we cannot afford to ignore,” says Carl Gustaf Lundin, Head of ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s Global Marine Programme. “The healthier oceans are, the better they will be able to deal with the effects of climate change, such as rising sea temperatures and ocean acidification.”
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• Bring some order to the high seas. “The high seas and deep ocean beyond national jurisdiction really are the last frontier when it comes to rules and regulations,” says Kristina Gjerde, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s High Seas Policy Advisor. “We need to identify and then protect biologically significant areas in these remote yet critical realms and we need to do it now.”

Spokespersons

• Carl Gustaf Lundin, Head of ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Global Marine Programme, e [email protected]
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• Kristina Gjerde, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��’s High Seas Policy Advisor, e [email protected]

Materials for the media:

• May 19: ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Opening Statement
• May 20: Corals and Climate Change press conference at the National Audubon Society, 1150 Connecticut Ave NW #600, Washington DC 20036.
• May 22: Marine Protected Areas press conference at the National Audubon Society, 1150 Connecticut Ave NW #600, Washington DC 20036.
• May 24: ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Closing Statement

Photos/Audio/Video material are available at:

Media team:

• Brian Thomson, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Global Communications, m +41 79 721 8326, e [email protected]
• Taffeta Gray, Marine Communications Officer, m +1 202 330 3615, e [email protected]

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