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What are we doing to protect the ocean?

  • An estimated 8 million tons of plastic waste enters the ocean annually from land-based sources.

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  • The ocean covers 71% of the Earth's surface, but has received less than 1% of all philanthropic funding since 2009.

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"The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat."   — Jacque Yves Cousteau

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Our Shared Seas: A 2017 Overview of Ocean Threats and Conservation Funding
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Our Shared Seas: A 2017 Overview of Ocean Threats and Conservation Funding

Our Shared Seas is a guide of the primary ocean threats and trends to help funders, advocates, and governments make better, faster, and more informed decisions. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation commissioned California Environmental Associates to develop the guide for the increasing number of philanthropists and aid agencies that have risen to the challenges facing our ocean. It is essential that we work together to tackle illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing. IUU fishing makes it all the more difficult to ensure we have enough fish in the ocean…

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