Here is a link to Enric’s book, https://bookshop.org/books/the-nature-of-nature-why-we-need-the-wild-9781426221309/9781426221019

And a link to the resources being developed with and for the zoo, aquarium and museum community https://theoceanproject.org/30x30/

Apologies for delay in our start. There will be a Q&A following Enric

s comments, so please add questions here in the chat. Thank you

Here is information on the High Ambition Coalitonhttps://www.highambitioncoalition.org

This is the High Ambition Coalition for Nature nd People supporting 30x30: https://www.hacfornatureandpeople.org/

MPAs cover about 26 percent of U.S. waters - source: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/mpaloc.html but that percentage doesn’t yet cover a wide range of geographies and ecological areas

Can you send-out these links post meeting?

Will do - Thanks John

Absolutely, we’ll have this all on a blog by early next week

The 30x30 is a laudable goal and truly we need greater conservation of marine biodiversity to yield the 3 results (biodiversity, food security and climate change resilience). my concern, working on the frontlines of marine conservation with MPAs and coastal communities is the lack of support by many communities and governments for fully protected MPAs, in part due to a lack of understanding of benefits but also the inability so many communities to make the leap to wait for fish populations to rebuild. Also the lack of funding and enforcement for existing MPAs makes an expansion to 30% of fully protected areas a considerable challenge. how do you bring coastal stakeholders and governments fully on board to support and steward this high level initiative?

I believe the late great EO Wilson called for 50% of the Earth to be set aside. Is 30% better supported by science or just more realistic?

Lots of great questions! and we probably won’t be able to get to all of them live but will get back responses to all very soon.

The science is pretty clear at least 30% and definitely more realistic politically - still ambitious and if we can pull that together by 2030 that would be huge. If so, 50x50 could well be the next call for action

As to protecting the High Seas question…More Than 100 Countries Call for Protecting at Least 30% of the Global Ocean by 2030 https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2021/09/22/more-than-100-countries-call-for-protecting-at-least-30-percent-of-the-global-ocean-by-2030

And ASTC as well!

Yes! ASTC has been playing a key role, as well as AAM, with AZA

The letter signed by 180 zoos, aquariums and museums and sent to the administration was led by ASTC, AAM and AZA https://theoceanproject.org/2021/11/180-zoos-aquariums-and-museums-from-all-50-states-sign-in-support-of-30x30-and-america-the-beautiful/

We're excited to be on the list!

We are opening up that letter for easy 2022, so please spread the word to your ASTC colleagues. We’ll be announcing that next week, to re open that letter and align with the public comment period related to America te Beautiful and 30x30, through early March

Sorry, early 2022

Year 1 report of America the Beautiful is out and showcases some early work with locally led community efforts and incorporating indigenous traditional ecological knowledge https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AtB-Year-One-Report_.pdf

...and zoos and aquariums are trusted organizations in their local communities. We not only have the expertise to educate and build support for PAs and 30x30 but also the expertise to advance community-driven efforts to increase protections and establish new protections.

Great, Katie, thanks and folks can find related resources here: https://theoceanproject.org/30x30/ as well as tool for visitor and policy maker engagement as Douglas was mentioning earlier

what or where does the accountability lie in achieving this goal?

Absolutely, Erin! Trust level up there with Jacques Cousteau !

We also need to avoid bluewashing as many protected areas are increasingly sited or expanded to areas far offshore of low productivity and biodiversity but that benefit from low levels of conflict with coastal populations.

Yes, we need special protections for at least 30% and we also need to sustainably manage 100% of the ocean

Zoos, aquariums and science centers can also play a key role in reminding state, local and tribal governments that the ocean and water must be included in legislation to commit to 30%, measure and create additional water protections. Governments seem to be more willing to talk about terrestrial protection than digging into the water piece...

Thank you so much. Great session.

Thank you so much!

Thank you for this great conversation. And huge thank to Enric for your important work!!

Thank you so much!

Thank you everyone.

Thank you so much Enric! You have been an inspiration to me since I was 17.